Assessment of executive function for schizophrenia in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Chan, Raymond C K ^a,b   Chen, Eric Y H ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Needs assessment; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; HABITUATION; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 27744458109     PISSN: 10262121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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