Prevalence of Relapse and Associated Factors in Patient with Schizophrenia at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Institution Based Cross Sectional Study
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Prevalence of Relapse and Associated Factors in Patient with Schizophrenia at Amanuel Mental Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Institution Based Cross Sectional Study Zewdu Shewangizaw Weret 1 and Roan Mukherjee 2 1. College of Medicine and Health sciences, Arbaminch University, Arbaminch, Ethiopia 2. Dept. of Human Physiology, Hazaribag College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Jharkhand ,India *Corresponding author: Zewdu Shewangizaw Weret Abstract
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