Neurological soft signs and psychometrically identified schizotypy in a sample of young conscripts

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 241-247

  Theleritis, Christos ^a,b   Vitoratou, Silia ^a,d   Smyrnis, Nikolaos ^a,b   Evdokimidis, Ioannis ^a,b   Constantinidis, Theodoros ^a,b   Stefanis, Nicholas C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Neurological soft signs; Other neurological soft signs (OSS); Schizophrenia; Schizotypy; Sequencing of Complex Motor Acts (SCMA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-III; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC SOFT SIGN; NEUROLOGICAL EVALUATION SCALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; RAVEN PROGRESSIVE MATRICES; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868149350     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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