Residential area and social contacts in schizophrenia: Results from the European Schizophrenia Cohort (EuroSC)

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 617-622

  Schomerus, Georg ^a   Heider, Dirk ^a   Angermeyer, Matthias C ^a   Bebbington, Paul E ^b   Azorin, Jean Michel ^c   Brugha, Traolach ^d   Toumi, Mondher ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e Lundbeck   (France)

Author keywords

Employment; Negative symptoms; Schizophrenia; Social network; Urban rural differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GENDER; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RURAL AREA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 34547560102     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0220-1     Document Type: Article

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