Suicide in young schizophrenic patients during and after inpatient treatment

International Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Peuskens, Jozef ^a,c   De Hert, Marc ^b   Cosyns, Paul ^b   Pieters, Guido ^b   Theys, Paul ^b   Vermote, Rudy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0031480185     PISSN: 00207411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207411.1996.11449377     Document Type: Article

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