A Digit Symbol Coding Task as a Screening Instrument for Cognitive Impairment in First-Episode Psychosis
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A digit symbol coding task as a screening instrument for cognitive impairment in first-episode psychosis.
Cognitive impairment may be detected largely by examining the performance on a single neuropsychological measure. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the validity and diagnostic accuracy of a coding task in comparison with other related tasks. One hundred thirty-one first-episode psychosis patients were administered five cognitive tasks related to a "speed of processing and executi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0887-6177,1873-5843
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acq086