Dimensions of executive functioning in schizophrenia and their relationship with processing speed

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 760-768

  Savla, Gauri N ^a   Twamley, Elizabeth W ^a,b   Delis, Dean C ^a,b   Roesch, Scott C ^c   Jeste, Dilip V ^a,d   Palmer, Barton W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of California San Diego School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

abstraction; cognitive flexibility; D KEFS; factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAMILTON SCALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84871898394     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbq149     Document Type: Article

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