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Why it is so difficult for persons with schizophrenia living in the community to achieve an adequate quality of life

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2011

Heinz Katschnig
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , March 2000 , pp. 7 - 10
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