The longitudinal course of thought disorder in geriatric patients with chronic schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 793-795

  Bowie, Christopher R ^a   Tsapelas, Irene ^a   Friedman, Joseph ^a   Parrella, Michael ^a   White, Leonard ^a   Harvey, Philip D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKILL; SPEECH DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THOUGHT DISORDER; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 16844380398     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.4.793     Document Type: Article

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