Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 47-54 , 30 May 2007

Assessing the relationship between insight and everyday executive deficits in schizophrenia: A pilot study

  • Diana Jovanovski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Sciences (Psychology), University of Toronto at Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON, Canada M1C 1A4
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Department of Life Sciences (Psychology), University of Toronto at Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M1C 1A4. Tel.: +1 416 287 7424; fax: +1 416 287 7642.
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  • Konstantine K. Zakzanis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Sciences (Psychology), University of Toronto at Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON, Canada M1C 1A4
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  • Donald A. Young

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5T 1R8
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  • Zachariah Campbell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Life Sciences (Psychology), University of Toronto at Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, ON, Canada M1C 1A4

Received 29 March 2006 ,Revised 28 August 2006 ,Accepted 20 September 2006.

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PII: S0165-1781(06)00291-5

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2006.09.012

Psychiatry Research
Volume 151, Issue 1 , Pages 47-54 , 30 May 2007

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