Spatial working memory and problem solving in schizophrenia: The effect of symptom stabilization with atypical antipsychotic medication

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 316-326

  Snyder, Peter J ^a,b   Jackson, Colleen E ^a   Piskulic, Danijela ^c   Olver, James ^c   Norman, Trevor ^c   Maruff, Paul ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d CogState Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; First episode schizophrenia; Neuropsychology; Symptom stabilization

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LITHIUM;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROTON MAZE LEARNING TEST; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLOZAPINE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTROL GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISPERIDONE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SPACE PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50449098972     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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