The relationship among insight, cognitive function of patients with schizophrenia and their relatives' perception

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 657-660

  Chen, Kao Ching ^a   Chu, Ching Lin ^a   Yang, Yen Kuang ^a,b   Yeh, Tzung Lieh ^a   Lee, I Hui ^a   Chen, Po See ^a   Lu, Ru Band ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Insight; Relatives' perception; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 31444432876     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01433.x     Document Type: Article

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