Schizophrenia Research
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 273-286 , 15 July 2005

Histories of childhood maltreatment in schizophrenia: Relationships with premorbid functioning, symptomatology, and cognitive deficits

  • Lindsay S. Schenkel

      Affiliations

    • University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Psychology, 325 Burnett Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
    • Center for Cognitive Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 912 South Wood Street, Suite 235, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
    • ,
  • William D. Spaulding

      Affiliations

    • University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Psychology, 325 Burnett Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
    • ,
  • David DiLillo

      Affiliations

    • University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Psychology, 325 Burnett Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States
    • ,
  • Steven M. Silverstein

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cognitive Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 912 South Wood Street, Suite 235, Chicago, IL 60612, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 312 996 9515; fax: +1 312 413 8837.

Received 23 November 2004 ,Revised 28 February 2005 ,Accepted 1 March 2005.

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Schizophrenia Research
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 273-286 , 15 July 2005

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