Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 109-113 , March 2004

Illness recognition and disruptiveness in psychotic illness

  • K Kanyas

      Affiliations

    • Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to K. Kanyas, Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, 91120 Israel
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  • O Karni

      Affiliations

    • Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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  • A Hamdan

      Affiliations

    • Regional Mental Health Center, Taibe, Israel
    • ,
  • N Turetsky

      Affiliations

    • Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • M Kaadan

      Affiliations

    • Regional Mental Health Center, Taibe, Israel
    • ,
  • B Lerer

      Affiliations

    • Biological Psychiatry Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

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☆ Supported in part by a grant from the German Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research (GIF).

PII: S0010-440X(03)00215-3

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2003.12.001

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 2 , Pages 109-113 , March 2004

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