The course of schizophrenic psychoses: What do we really know? A selective review from an epidemiological perspective

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 248, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 189-202

  Riecher Rössler, Anita ^a   Rössler, Wulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Course; Follow up studies; Methodology; Predictors; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY LIFE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031672026     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004060050037     Document Type: Article

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