Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 43, Issue 6 , Pages 443-447 , November 2002

Predictive value of insight for suicide, violence, hospitalization, and social adjustment for outpatients with schizophrenia: A prospective study

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doi: 10.1053/comp.2002.35901

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 43, Issue 6 , Pages 443-447 , November 2002

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