Evaluation of social disablement, psychiatric symptoms and autonomy in long-stay psychiatric patients
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Autonomy of long-stay psychiatric inpatients.
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Psychiatry (São Paulo)
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1806-938X
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-60832006000100002