Asian Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 53-54 , June 2009

Differential outcome of schizophrenia: Does cultural explanation suffice?

  • Bangalore N. Gangadhar

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore 560029, India. Tel.: +91 8026995260; fax: +91 8026564830.
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  • Jagadisha Thirthalli

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doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2009.04.001

Asian Journal of Psychiatry
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