Longitudinal Studies of Schizophrenic Patients
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Longitudinal studies of schizophrenic patients.
A sample of 502 schizophrenic patients, who had been admitted to the University Psychiatric Clinic between 1945 and 1959, was systematically followed up between 1967 and 1973. The same well-defined diagnostic criteria were used throughout the study. At the time of the last followup, the average duration of illness was 22.4 years. Twenty-two percent of the patients showed complete psychopatholog...
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عنوان ژورنال: Schizophrenia Bulletin
سال: 1980
ISSN: 0586-7614,1745-1701
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/6.4.592