Confabulation in schizophrenia and its relationship to clinical and neuropsychological features of the disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1403-1412

  Lorente Rovira, E ^a,e   Pomarol Clotet, E ^b   McCarthy, R A ^c   Berrios, G E ^c   McKenna, P J ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Benito Menni Complex Assistencial en Salut Mental   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e Centro de Salud Nazaret   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFABULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NARRATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35348857072     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291707000566     Document Type: Article

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