Measuring schizophrenia remission in clinical practice

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 202-206

  Alonso, Jordi ^a,b,c,g   Ciudad, Antonio ^d   Casado, Alfonso ^e   Gilaberte, Inmaculada ^f  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b Barcelona Biomedical Research Park   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (Spain)

^e 3D Health Research   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical practice; Questionnaires; Remission; Schizophrenia; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OUTPATIENT; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT FORMS ASSESSMENT OF NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS SCALE; SHORT FORMS ASSESSMENT OF POSITIVE SYMPTOMS SCALE; SPAIN; VALIDITY;

EID: 41549154353     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370805300311     Document Type: Article

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