Adaptive competence impairment and cognitive deficits in acutely Ill Schizophrenia patients residing in nursing homes

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 752-756

  Adelsky, Margarita B ^a,b   Bowie, Christopher R ^d   Goldberg, Terry E ^c   Serper, Mark R ^a,b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^c Litwin Zucker Research Center for the Study of Memory Disorders   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adaptive functioning; cognition; schizophrenia; social skills

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ADAPTATION;

EID: 80051545035     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181ffeb32     Document Type: Article

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