Cognitive correlates of verbal memory and verbal fluency in schizophrenia, and differential effects of various clinical symptoms between male and female patients

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-85

  Brébion, Gildas ^a,e   Villalta Gil, Victoria ^b,e   Autonell, Jaume ^a,e   Cervilla, Jorge ^c,e   Dolz, Montserrat ^d,e   Foix, Alexandrina ^a,e   Haro, Josep Maria ^a,e   Usall, Judith ^a,e   Vilaplana, Miriam ^a,e   Ochoa, Susana ^a,e  

^a PARC SANITARI SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL MATERNO INFANTIL VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Affective symptoms; Gender effects; Processing speed; Schizophrenia; Verbal fluency; Verbal memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84877116273     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.03.014     Document Type: Article

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