Generalizability of Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale prototypical profiles and their use in evaluating treatment outcomes
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1049-8931,1557-0657
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.17