Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 303-310 , July 2003

The experience of basic emotions in schizophrenia with and without affective negative symptoms

  • Thomas Suslow

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Thomas Suslow, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Str. 11, 48149 Münster, Germany
    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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  • Cornelia Roestel

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    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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  • Patricia Ohrmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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  • Volker Arolt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

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☆ Supported by Grants No. SU 222/2-1 and SU 222/2-2 from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Science Foundation).

PII: S0010-440X(03)00085-3

doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(03)00085-3

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 4 , Pages 303-310 , July 2003

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