Behavioral research on severe and persistent mental illnesses
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Recovery as a Process in Severe Mental Illnesses.
Approaches to the treatment of severe mental illnesses (SMIs), such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and substance use disorder, have moved beyond the mere control of symptoms and prevention of relapse to include functional recovery, social and vocational reintegration, and enhancement of the quality of life of the patients (1,2,3). In...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavior Therapy
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0005-7894
DOI: 10.1016/s0005-7894(99)80014-8