Schizophrenia Research
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 199-207 , 15 January 2002

Assessing disturbed thinking and cognition using the Ego Impairment Index in older schizophrenia patients: paranoid vs. nonparanoid distinction

  • Lisa A Auslander

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Geriatric Psychiatry Division 116A-1, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive, San Diego, CA 92161, USA. Tel.: +1-858-552-8585 (ext 7176); fax: +1-858-552-7404
    • ,
  • William Perry

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Dilip V Jeste

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Department of Neuroscience, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
    • Veterans Affairs San Diego Health Care System, San Diego, CA, USA

Received 1 December 2000 ,Accepted 5 March 2001.

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Schizophrenia Research
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Pages 199-207 , 15 January 2002

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