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A Critical Appraisal of the Current State of Knowledge in Schizophrenia

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Since a relationship between the cause and the outcome of schizophrenia has been always assumed, a summary review of the major theories of etiology of schizophrenia appears to be warranted as a starting point for our extensive study of factors involved in the prediction of this illness.

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    George Serban M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Principal Investigator)

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Serban, G. (1980). A Critical Appraisal of the Current State of Knowledge in Schizophrenia. In: Adjustment of Schizophrenics in the Community. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5921-0_1

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