The international pilot study of schizophrenia: Five-year follow-up findings

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 131-145

  Leff, J ^a   Sartorius, N ^a   Jablensky, A ^a   Korten, A ^a   Ernberg, G ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RELAPSE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026507729     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700032797     Document Type: Article

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