Does disturbance of self underlie social cognition deficits in schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders?

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 83-93

  Nelson, Barnaby ^a   Sass, Louis A ^b   Thompson, Andrew ^a   Yung, Alison R ^a   Francey, Shona M ^a   Amminger, G Paul ^a   McGorry, Patrick D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Phenomenology; Psychosis; Self; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 66049155386     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7893.2009.00112.x     Document Type: Review

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