History of violent behaviour and schizophrenia in different cultures: Analyses based on the WHO study on determinants of outcome of severe mental disorders

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue JULY, 1997, Pages 9-14

  Volavka, Jan ^a   Laska, Eugene ^a   Baker, Sherryl ^a   Meisner, Morris ^a   Czobor, Pal ^a   Krivelevich, Ilya ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE; ADDICTION; AGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0031178010     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.171.1.9     Document Type: Review

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