Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 408-414 , September 2009

Quality of life across the schizotypy spectrum: findings from a large nonclinical adult sample

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 This project was funded by an internal university grant to the primary author.

PII: S0010-440X(08)00168-5

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.11.002

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 408-414 , September 2009

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