Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 16-19 , January 2004

The relationship between insight and symptoms in schizophrenia

  • Serge Sevy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Serge Sevy, M.D., Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY 11004, USA
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  • Kay Nathanson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Hema Visweswaraiah

      Affiliations

    • Long Island Jewish Medical Center-Hillside Research Division, Glen Oaks, NY, USA
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  • Xavier Amador

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, USA

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☆ Supported by a NARSAD Young Investigator Award (S.S.).

PII: S0010-440X(03)00164-0

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2003.09.002

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 16-19 , January 2004

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