Developmental Processes in Schizophrenic Disorders: Longitudinal Studies of Vulnerability and Stress
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Developmental Processes in Schizophrenic Disorders: longitudinal studies of vulnerability and stress.
The Developmental Processes in Schizophrenic Disorders project is a longitudinal study of schizophrenic patients who have recently had a first episode of psychosis. The project focuses on discriminating characteristics of schizophrenic patients that are "stable vulnerability indicators," "mediating vulnerability factors," and "episode indicators" by comparing normal subjects to schizophrenic pa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Schizophrenia Bulletin
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0586-7614,1745-1701
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/18.3.387