Cognitive functioning in first-episode schizophrenia: MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) Profile of Impairment

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 157, Issue 1-3, 2014, Pages 33-39

  McCleery, A ^a   Ventura, J ^a   Kern, R S ^a,b   Subotnik, K L ^a   Gretchen Doorly, D ^a   Green, M F ^a,b   Hellemann, G S ^a   Nuechterlein, K H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; First episode schizophrenia; First episode schizophrenia; MCCB; Profile analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIRST EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATRICS CONSENSUS COGNITIVE BATTERY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL COGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; ACUTE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; DISEASE COURSE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904127816     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.04.039     Document Type: Article

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