Attention disorders in schizophrenia

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-256

  Suwa, Hiroshi ^a   Matsushima, Eisuke ^b   Ohta, Katsuya ^b   Mori, Katsumi ^c  

^a Department of Dentistry Oral surgery   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Mori Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention disorder; Continuous Performance Test; Schizophrenia; Sustained attention; Thought disorder

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADULT; AGING; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 3042778514     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2004.01227.x     Document Type: Article

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