Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 460-468 , November 2004

Anxiety disorders in schizophrenia

  • Raphael J. Braga

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Research Department, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore-LIJ Health System-Glen Oaks, New York, NY, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA
    • Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Raphael Braga, M.D, Department of Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore-LIJ Health System, 75-59 263rd St, Glen Oaks, NY 11004 USA
    • ,
  • Georgios Petrides

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Research Department, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore-LIJ Health System-Glen Oaks, New York, NY, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA
    • Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    • ,
  • Ivan Figueira

      Affiliations

    • Psychiatry Research Department, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, North Shore-LIJ Health System-Glen Oaks, New York, NY, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, USA
    • Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.009

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 460-468 , November 2004

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