The Natural History of Schizophrenia: A 5-Year Prospective Follow-Up of a Representative Sample of Schizophrenics by Means of a Standardized Clinical and Social Assessment

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 663-670

  Shepherd, M ^b   Katz, K ^a  

^a St John's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX;

CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUPHENAZINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PIMOZIDE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0020965183     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700048091     Document Type: Article

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