Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 192-199 , May 2005

Do different psychotic experiences differentially predict need for care in the general population?

  • Maarten Bak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, PO Box 616 (DRT 10), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Neuropsychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, PO Box 616 (DRT 10), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • Inez Myin-Germeys

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, PO Box 616 (DRT 10), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Neuropsychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, PO Box 616 (DRT 10), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Philippe Delespaul

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, PO Box 616 (DRT 10), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Neuropsychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, PO Box 616 (DRT 10), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Wilma Vollebergh

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Da Costakade 45, 3521 VS Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Ron de Graaf

      Affiliations

    • Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Da Costakade 45, 3521 VS Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jim van Os

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, PO Box 616 (DRT 10), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Neuropsychology, South Limburg Mental Health Research and Teaching Network, EURON, Maastricht University, PO Box 616 (DRT 10), 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Division of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, PO Box 67, London SE5 8AF, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +31 043 387 5443; fax: +31 043 387 5444.

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.08.003

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 3 , Pages 192-199 , May 2005

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