Schizophrenia Research
Volume 45, Issue 3 , Pages 175-184 , 27 October 2000

The role of cognition in vocational functioning in schizophrenia

  • Susan R McGurk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Pilgrim Psychiatric Center, 998 Crooked Hill Road, Building 81/102, West Brentwood, NY 11717
    • ,
  • Herbert Y Meltzer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Division of Psychopharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA

Received 4 June 1999 ,Revised 16 September 1999 ,Accepted 21 September 1999.

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Schizophrenia Research
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