Schizophrenia Research
Volume 65, Issue 2 , Pages 87-94 , 15 December 2003

Cognitive performance in schizophrenia patients assessed before and following the first psychotic episode

This paper was presented at the International Congress of Schizophrenia Research, Whistler, British Colombia, Canada, April 2001.

  • Asaf Caspi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
    • ,
  • Abraham Reichenberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Mark Weiser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
    • ,
  • Jonathan Rabinowitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
    • ,
  • Ze'ev Kaplan

      Affiliations

    • Ben-Gurion University, Be'er-Sheva, Israel
    • ,
  • Haim Knobler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health, Israel Defense Forces, Medical Corps, Israel
    • ,
  • Noa Davidson-Sagi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
    • ,
  • Michael Davidson

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel. Tel.: +972-3-530-3825; fax: +972-3-530-3805.
    • Department of Psychiatry, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Received 7 October 2002 ,Accepted 14 February 2003.

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Schizophrenia Research
Volume 65, Issue 2 , Pages 87-94 , 15 December 2003

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