Cognitive enhancement therapy improves resting-state functional connectivity in early course schizophrenia

Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 211-230

  Eack, Shaun M ^a   Newhill, Christina E ^b   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive remediation; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Schizophrenia; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018071965     PISSN: 23342315     EISSN: 1948822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/686538     Document Type: Article

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