Natural course of schizophrenic disorders: A 15-year followup of a Dutch incidence cohort

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-85

  Wiersma, Durk ^a   Nienhuis, Fokko J ^a   Slooff, Cees J ^a   Giel, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Course; Prediction; Relapse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RELAPSE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031950935     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.schbul.a033315     Document Type: Article

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