Psychiatry Research
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 171-177 , 15 December 2004

The crucial role of sustained attention in community functioning in outpatients with schizophrenia

  • Antoinette Prouteau

      Affiliations

    • EA 3676 and JE 2358, IFR of Public Health, University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146 rue Leo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
    • Centre de Recherche Fernand Seguin, University of Montreal, Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine, 7331, rue Hochelaga, Montréal, Québec, Canada H1N 3V2
    • ,
  • Hélène Verdoux

      Affiliations

    • EA 3676 and JE 2358, IFR of Public Health, University Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, 146 rue Leo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux Cedex, France
    • ,
  • Catherine Briand

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche Fernand Seguin, University of Montreal, Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine, 7331, rue Hochelaga, Montréal, Québec, Canada H1N 3V2
    • ,
  • Alain Lesage

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche Fernand Seguin, University of Montreal, Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine, 7331, rue Hochelaga, Montréal, Québec, Canada H1N 3V2
    • ,
  • Pierre Lalonde

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Luc Nicole

      Affiliations

    • Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Daniel Reinharz

      Affiliations

    • Département de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, University of Laval, Laval, Québec, Canada
    • ,
  • Emmanuel Stip

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Recherche Fernand Seguin, University of Montreal, Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine, 7331, rue Hochelaga, Montréal, Québec, Canada H1N 3V2
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 514 251 4015; fax: +1 514 251 2617.

Received 22 March 2004 ,Revised 6 July 2004 ,Accepted 23 July 2004.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.07.005

Psychiatry Research
Volume 129, Issue 2 , Pages 171-177 , 15 December 2004

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