Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 471-479 , September 2010

Neurocognition in schizophrenia: a 20-year multi–follow-up of the course of processing speed and stored knowledge

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 Funding: the authors have no conflict of interest or financial relationships to disclose. This research was supported in part by USPH grants MH-26341 and MH-068688 by NIMH (Dr. Harrow).

PII: S0010-440X(10)00008-8

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.02.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 5 , Pages 471-479 , September 2010

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