Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 443-452 , September 2009

Affect recognition as an independent social function determinant in schizophrenia

  • Yi-Ju Pan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Sue-Huei Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei J. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shi-Kai Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Ban-Ciao City, Taipei 22060, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 2 8966 7000x2936; fax: +886 2 89665567.

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.11.003

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 5 , Pages 443-452 , September 2009

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