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The natural history of schizophrenia: a five-year follow-up study of outcome and prediction in a representative sample of schizophrenics

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Michael Shepherd ,
David Watt ,
Ian Falloon  and
Nigel Smeeton
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Psychological Medicine Monograph Supplement , Volume 15: The natural history of schizophrenia: a five-year follow-up study of outcome and prediction in a representative sample of schizophrenics , 1989 , pp. 1 - 46
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