A video ethnography approach to assessing the ecological validity of neurocognitive and functional measures in severe mental illness: Results from a feasibility study

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 981-991

  Bromley, Elizabeth ^a,b   Mikesell, Lisa ^a,b   Mates, Andrea ^a   Smith, Michael ^a   Brekke, John S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

functional performance; neurocognition; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LEARNING; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84866676871     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbr002     Document Type: Article

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