On the boundaries of blunt affect/alogia across severe mental illness: Implications for Research Domain Criteria

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 140, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 41-45

  Cohen, Alex S ^a   Najolia, Gina M ^a   Kim, Yunjung ^a   Dinzeo, Thomas J ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Cognitive; Deficit; Mood; Negative; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; ALOGIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLUNTED AFFECT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; APHASIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84865311360     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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