Object relations deficits in subtypes of schizophrenia
β Scribed by Morris Bell; Paul Lysaker; Robert Mestein
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 944 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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