Learning potential as a predictor of readiness for psychosocial rehabilitation in schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 159-166

  Fiszdon, Joanna M ^a,b   McClough, Joel F ^c,d   Silverstein, Steven M ^e   Bell, Morris D ^a,b   Jaramillo, Justin R ^c   Smith, Thomas E ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d Hall Brooke Behav Health Services   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dynamic assessment; Functional outcome; Learning; Rehabilitation; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MICROMODULE LEARNING TEST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL;

ADULT; APTITUDE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL LEARNING; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 33748080806     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.09.012     Document Type: Article

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