The cultural adaptability of intermediate measures of functional outcome in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 630-641

  Velligan, Dawn I ^a   Rubin, Maureen ^b   Fredrick, Megan M ^a   Mintz, Jim ^a   Nuechterlein, Keith H ^c   Schooler, Nina R ^d   Jaeger, Judith ^e   Peters, Nancy M ^f   Buller, Raimund ^f   Marder, Stephen R ^c   Dube, Sanjay ^g  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

co primary measures; cognitive impairments; functional capacity measures; intermediate measures; international clinical trials; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860166018     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbq136     Document Type: Article

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