Neurological soft signs: Meaning and relevance along the course of psychiatric illness. An objective and fast screening for psychosis?;Neurological soft signs: Significato e rilevanza nel corso della patologia psichiatrica. Uno screening obiettivo veloce per psicosi?

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 465-478

  Dimitri Valente, Giorgia ^a   Rigucci, Silvia ^a   Manfredi, Giovanni ^a   Girardi, Paolo ^a   Ferracuti, Stefano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Neurological soft signs; Obsessive compulsive disorder; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGICAL EVALUATION SCALE; NEUROLOGICAL SOFT SIGN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84871546141     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1708/1183.13090     Document Type: Review

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