Treatment of Cognitive Dysfunction in Psychiatric Disorders

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-25

  Medalla, Alice ^a,b   Lim, Rosa ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Atypical antipsychotics; Cognition; Cognitive remediation; Executive functioning; Functional outcome; Memory; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SYMPTOM; TECHNIQUE; TRAINING;

AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REMEDIAL TEACHING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642540104     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00131746-200401000-00003     Document Type: Review

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