Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 578-583 , November 2009

Symptomatic determinants of insight in schizophrenia spectrum disorders

  • Lisa Buchy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
    • ,
  • Ivan J. Torres

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6
    • Department of Research, BC Mental Health and Addiction Service, Riverview Hospital, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada V3C 4J2
    • ,
  • Peter F. Liddle

      Affiliations

    • Division of Psychiatry, Medical School Queen’s Medical Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH England, UK
    • ,
  • Todd S. Woodward

      Affiliations

    • Department of Research, BC Mental Health and Addiction Service, Riverview Hospital, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada V3C 4J2
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3. Tel.: +1 604 524 7697; fax: +1 604 822 7756.

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PII: S0010-440X(09)00018-2

doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.01.007

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 50, Issue 6 , Pages 578-583 , November 2009

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