Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 440-446 , November 2005

Main determinants of Global Assessment of Functioning score in schizophrenia: a European multicenter study

  • Luis Gaite

      Affiliations

    • Clinical and Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital “Marqués de Valdecilla,” 39008 Santander, Spain
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  • Jose Luis Vázquez-Barquero

      Affiliations

    • Clinical and Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital “Marqués de Valdecilla,” 39008 Santander, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Andres Herrán

      Affiliations

    • Clinical and Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital “Marqués de Valdecilla,” 39008 Santander, Spain
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  • Graham Thornicroft

      Affiliations

    • Section of Community Psychiatry (PRiSM), Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, SE5-8AF London, UK
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  • Thomas Becker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, D-04317 Leipzig, Germany
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  • Dierdre Sierra-Biddle

      Affiliations

    • Clinical and Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital “Marqués de Valdecilla,” 39008 Santander, Spain
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  • Mirella Ruggeri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
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  • Aarty Schene

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, 1100 DE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Martin Knapp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Services Research, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, SE5 8AF London, UK
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  • Javier Vázquez-Bourgon

      Affiliations

    • Clinical and Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital “Marqués de Valdecilla,” 39008 Santander, Spain
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  • EPSILON Group

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PII: S0010-440X(05)00032-5

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.03.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 440-446 , November 2005

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