Association between changes on the Negative Symptom Assessment scale (NSA-16) and measures of functional outcome in schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-100

  Velligan, Dawn I ^a   Alphs, Larry ^b   Lancaster, Scott ^b   Morlock, Robert ^b   Mintz, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Function; Negative symptoms; NSA 16; Outcomes; Psychometrics; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT SCALE 16; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449096774     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.009     Document Type: Article

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