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Preliminary Findings for Two New Measures of Social and Role Functioning in the Prodromal Phase of Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin · 2007 · Vol. 33(3) · pp. 688–702

B. Cornblatt✉(Albert Einstein College of Medicine)Andrea M. Auther(Zucker Hillside Hospital)Tara A. Niendam(University of California, Los Angeles)Clyde W. Smith(Northwell Health)Jamie Zinberg(University of California, Los Angeles)Carrie E. Bearden(University of California, Los Angeles)T. D. Cannon(Neurobehavioral Systems)

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Abstract

Using 2 new global measures, social functioning was found to be a stable trait, unchanged by treatment, with considerable potential to be a marker of schizophrenia. Role functioning, by contrast, may be a more direct barometer of clinical change and may be responsive to treatment and environmental change.

Schizophrenia research and treatment Mental Health and Psychiatry Mental Health Research TopicsSchizophrenia (object-oriented programming)PsychologySocial functioningPsychiatryClinical psychologyDistress

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Adaptation, PsychologicalAdolescentAdultCaliforniaConflict, PsychologicalFemaleHumansInterpersonal RelationsLongitudinal StudiesMaleNew YorkPeer GroupPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychometricsRisk

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