Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 221-226 , May 2006

Causes of schizophrenia reported by family members of urban African American hospitalized patients with schizophrenia

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.07.005

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 221-226 , May 2006

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