Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 167-175 , May 2005

Longitudinal assessment of coping abilities at exacerbation and stabilization in schizophrenia

  • Rael D. Strous

      Affiliations

    • Beer Yaakov Mental Health Center, PO Box 1, Beer Yaakov 70350, Israel
    • Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 8 925 8280; fax: +972 8 925 8383.
    • ,
  • Yael Ratner

      Affiliations

    • Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera 38814, Israel
    • ,
  • Anatoly Gibel

      Affiliations

    • Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera 38814, Israel
    • ,
  • Alexander Ponizovsky

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem 94356, Israel
    • ,
  • Michael Ritsner

      Affiliations

    • Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera 38814, Israel
    • Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.07.035

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 167-175 , May 2005

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