Psychiatry Research
Volume 179, Issue 2 , Pages 157-164 , 30 September 2010

Cognitive functioning in subjects with recent-onset psychosis from a low-middle-income environment: Multiple-domain deficits and longitudinal evaluation

  • Adriana de Mello Ayres

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Centro de Medicina Nuclear do Hospital das Clínicas, Travessa da Rua Dr. Ovídio Pires de Campos, s/n° - 05403-010 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Tel.:+55 11 3069 8132; fax: +55 11 3022 6639.
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  • Marcia Scazufca

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil
    • ,
  • Paulo Rossi Menezes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil
    • ,
  • Eduardo Yoshio Nakano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, University of Brasília (UNB), Brasília, (DF), Brazil
    • ,
  • Ana Carolina B. Regina

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil
    • ,
  • Maristela S. Schaufelberger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil
    • ,
  • Robin M. Murray

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, London, UK
    • ,
  • Philip K. McGuire

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, London, UK
    • ,
  • Teresa Rushe

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, University of London, London, UK
    • ,
  • Geraldo F. Busatto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo (SP), Brazil

Received 16 April 2009 ,Revised 25 October 2009 ,Accepted 4 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.11.001

Psychiatry Research
Volume 179, Issue 2 , Pages 157-164 , 30 September 2010

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