Altered semantic but not phonological verbal fluency in young help-seeking individuals with ultra high risk of psychosis

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-58

  Magaud, Emilie ^a,b   Kebir, Oussama ^a,b   Gut, Anne ^b   Willard, Dominique ^a,b   Chauchot, François ^b   Olie, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Kazes, Mathilde ^a,b   Krebs, Marie Odile ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE PSYCHIATRIE ET NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Temporal; Verbal fluency; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMISULPRIDE; ARIPIPRAZOLE; CANNABIS; CHLORPROMAZINE; CYAMEMAZINE; FLUOXETINE; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; PIPAMPERONE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053385859     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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