Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 246-251 , July 2006

Mortality among first-admission patients with psychosis

  • Thomas J. Craig

      Affiliations

    • Office of Quality and Performance, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC 20420, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Springfield, VA 22152, USA.
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  • Qing Ye

      Affiliations

    • Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8790, USA
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  • Evelyn J. Bromet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8790, USA

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PII: S0010-440X(05)00150-1

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2005.11.004

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 4 , Pages 246-251 , July 2006

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