General psychopathology is more important for executive functioning than diagnosis

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 22-28

  Stordal, Kirsten I ^a,c   Mykletun, A ^a   Asbjornsen A ^a   Egeland, J ^b   Landro N I ^b   Roness, A ^a   Rund, B R ^b   Sundet, K S ^b   Lundervold, A J ^a   Lund, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognitive functions; Executive functions; General psychopathology; Major depression; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITS BACKWARDS TEST; EXPANDED AND POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; FEMALE; GENERAL PSYCHOPATHOLOGY SUBSCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PATIENT; PACED AUDITORY SERIAL ADDITION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STROOP COLOR WORD TEST; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NORWAY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

EID: 19944432879     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2004.00389.x     Document Type: Article

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