Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 265-269 , July 2006

Insight into psychosis and quality of life

  • Ilanit Hasson-Ohayon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, 52900 Ramat-Gan, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +972 3 5317942; fax: +972 3 5350206.
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  • Shlomo Kravetz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, 52900 Ramat-Gan, Israel
    • ,
  • David Roe

      Affiliations

    • Rutgers University Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA
    • ,
  • Anthony S. David

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Psychiatry, Denmark Hill, PO Box 68, SE5 8AF, London, UK
    • ,
  • Mark Weiser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel
    • Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Ramat Aviv, Israel

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PII: S0010-440X(05)00105-7

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.08.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 265-269 , July 2006

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