Exploratory study of the association between insight and Theory of Mind (ToM) in stable schizophrenia patients

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 210-232

  Pousa, Esther ^a,b,e   Duñó, Rosó ^a   Blas Navarro, J ^b   Ruiz, Ada I ^c   Obiols, Jordi E ^b   David, Anthony S ^d  

^a HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Parc Tauli Health Corporation   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 45949097491     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800701849066     Document Type: Article

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