Issues in rehabilitation of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia: A critical review

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-195

  Heydebrand, Gitry ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive rehabilitation; Review; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; META ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERBAL MEMORY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 34548356388     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340007781369676     Document Type: Review

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