Thought disorder and executive dysfunction in patients with schizophrenia

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-123

  Owashi, Toshimi ^a,b   Iwanami, Akira ^c   Nakagome, Kazuyuki ^d   Higuchi, Teruhiko ^e   Kamijima, Kunitoshi ^f  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^f INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Executive function; Harrow's Thought Disorder Scale; Perseverative error; Schizophrenia; Thought disorder; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THOUGHT DISORDER; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149142663     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450802324127     Document Type: Article

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