Outcome in schizophrenia and related disorders compared between developing and developed countries. A recursive partitioning re-analysis ofthe WHO DOSMD data

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue MAR., 1997, Pages 229-233

  Craig, Thomas J ^a   Siegel, Carole ^b   Hopper, Kim ^b   Lin, Shang ^b   Sartorius, Norman ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030973665     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.170.3.229     Document Type: Article

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