Schizophrenia Research
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 229-235 , 1 October 2003

The impact of cognitive remediation on psychiatric symptoms of schizophrenia

  • Nigel Bark

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Nadine Revheim

      Affiliations

    • Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Firdouse Huq

      Affiliations

    • Bronx Psychiatric Center, Bronx, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Vitaliy Khalderov

      Affiliations

    • Bronx Psychiatric Center, Bronx, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Zina Watras Ganz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Alice Medalia

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Klau-2, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 East 210 Street, Bronx, NY 10467, USA. Tel.: +1-718-920-7311; fax: +1-718-405-0401
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

Received 22 April 2002 ,Revised 18 July 2002 ,Accepted 23 July 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0920-9964(02)00374-2

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 63, Issue 3 , Pages 229-235 , 1 October 2003

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