Suicidal behavior in schizophrenia and its relationship to the quality of psychotic symptoms and insight - a case report.
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SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN SCHIZOPHRENIA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE QUALITY OF PSYCHOTIC SYMPTOMS AND INSIGHT A CASE REPORT Francisco J. Acosta, Samuel G. Siris, Elena Díaz, María Salinas, Patricia del Rosario & José L. Hernández Mental Health Research Program, Service of Mental Health, General Health Care Programs Direction, Canary Health Service, Pérez del Toro Street s/n, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain Psychiatry Department, The Zucker-Hillside Hospital of the North Shore / Long Island Jewish Health System, 75-59 263rd Street Glen Oaks, NY 11004, New York, USA Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA Department of Psychiatry, Insular University Hospital of Gran Canaria, Avda. Marítima del Sur s/n, Gran Canaria, Spain Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Canary Islands, Ofra Road s/n, Tenerife, Spain Mental Health Unit of Triana. Department of Psychiatry, University Insular Hospital of Gran Canaria, Real del Castillo Street 152, Gran Canaria, Spain Service of Mental Health, General Health Care Programs Direction, Canary Health Service, Pérez del Toro Street s/n, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Psychiatria Danubina
دوره 24 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012