Loneliness in psychotic disorders and its association with cognitive function and symptom profile

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2015, Pages 268-273

  Badcock, Johanna C ^a,b   Shah, Sonal ^c   Mackinnon, Andrew ^d   Stain, Helen J ^e   Galletly, Cherrie ^f,g,h   Jablensky, Assen ^a   Morgan, Vera A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g Ramsay Health Care   (Australia)

^h Northern Adelaide Local Health Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Cognition; Digit symbol coding; Psychosis; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; THOUGHT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AUSTRIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953776164     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.10.027     Document Type: Article

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