Validity of the premorbid adjustment scale

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 981-983

  Brill, N ^a,b   Reichenberg, A ^c   Weiser, M ^d   Rabinowitz, J ^b  

^a ASHKELON ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Premorbid Adjustment Scale; Premorbid functioning; Recall bias; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRAFT BOARD SCREENING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONING IN STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMORBID ADJUSTMENT SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;

EID: 54149117297     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbm128     Document Type: Article

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