Apathy in Schizophrenia: Reduced Frontal Lobe Volume and Neuropsychological Deficits

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-159

  Roth, Robert M ^a   Flashman, Laura A ^a   Saykin, Andrew J ^a   McAllister, Thomas W ^a   Vidaver, Robert ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBALIZATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; AFFECT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1442264403     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.1.157     Document Type: Article

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