Concordance of patient and clinical ratings of symptom severity and change of psychotic illness

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 359-360

  Rabinowitz, Jonathan ^a   Levine, Stephen Z ^a   Medori, Rossella ^b   Oosthuizen, Petrus ^c   Koen, Liezl ^c   Emsley, Robin ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Janssen Cilag EMEA Belgium   (Belgium)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LETTER; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISPERIDONE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39949083772     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.10.021     Document Type: Letter

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