Latent semantic variables are associated with formal thought disorder and adaptive behavior in older inpatients with schizophrenia

Cortex

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 88-96

  Holshausen, Katherine ^a   Harvey, Philip D ^b   Elvevåg, Brita ^c,d   Foltz, Peter W ^e,f   Bowie, Christopher R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^e Pearson Knowledge Technologies   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive functioning; Cognitive functioning; Schizophrenia; Thought disorder; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LATENT SEMANTIC ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; ONSET AGE; PHONETICS; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER; WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDERS; THINKING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC LANGUAGE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH DISORDERS; THINKING;

EID: 84901426496     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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