The Epidemiology and Associated Phenomenology of Formal Thought Disorder: A Systematic Review

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 951-962

  Roche, Eric ^a   Creed, Lisa ^b   Macmahon, Donagh ^c   Brennan, Daria ^d   Clarke, Mary ^a  

^a DETECT   (Ireland)

^b Mental Health Ireland   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d St John of God Hospitaller Services Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

communication; epidemiology; formal thought disorder; language; phenomenology; prognosis; psychosis; schizophrenia; thought disorder

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LOGORRHEA; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THOUGHT DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; THINKING;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; THINKING;

EID: 84936817277     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbu129     Document Type: Review

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