Neuropsychological deficits and concomitant clinical symptoms in schizophrenia

European Psychologist

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 96-106

  Müller, Bernhard W ^a,b   Sartory, Gudrun ^b   Bender, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Disorganization; Executive function; Negative symptoms; Schizophrenia; Verbal memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 21144442921     PISSN: 10169040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1016-9040.9.2.96     Document Type: Review

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