The University of California Performance Skills Assessment (UPSA) in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 135-141

  Heinrichs, R Walter ^a   Statucka, Marta ^a   Goldberg, Joel ^b   McDermid Vaz, Stephanie ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Hamilton Program for Schizophrenia   (Canada)

^c Cleghorn Early Intervention in Psychosis Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Functional outcome; Measurement issues; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SKILL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PERFORMANCE SKILLS ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33750800156     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.07.026     Document Type: Article

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