Psychiatry Research
Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 150-156 , 30 December 2009

Response suppression deficits in treatment-naïve first-episode patients with schizophrenia, psychotic bipolar disorder and psychotic major depression

  • Margret S.H. Harris

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cognitive Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • James L. Reilly

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cognitive Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • ,
  • Michael E. Thase

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Matcheri S. Keshavan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • John A. Sweeney

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cognitive Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center for Cognitive Medicine, 912 South Wood Street, MC 913, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Tel.: +1 312 413 9205; fax: +1 312 413 8837.

Received 12 March 2008 ,Revised 3 September 2008 ,Accepted 23 October 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.10.031

Psychiatry Research
Volume 170, Issue 2 , Pages 150-156 , 30 December 2009

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