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Needs-based cognitive-behavioural family intervention for patients suffering from schizophrenia: five-year follow-up of a randomised controlled effectiveness trial

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Needs-based cognitive-behavioural family intervention for patients suffering from schizophrenia: five-year follow-up of a randomised controlled effectiveness trial. / Sellwood, Bill; Wittkowski, Anja; Tarrier, Nicholas et al.
In: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, Vol. 116, No. 6, 12.2007, p. 447-452.

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Sellwood B, Wittkowski A, Tarrier N, Barrowclough C. Needs-based cognitive-behavioural family intervention for patients suffering from schizophrenia: five-year follow-up of a randomised controlled effectiveness trial. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2007 Dec;116(6):447-452. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2007.01097.x

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Sellwood, Bill ; Wittkowski, Anja ; Tarrier, Nicholas et al. / Needs-based cognitive-behavioural family intervention for patients suffering from schizophrenia : five-year follow-up of a randomised controlled effectiveness trial. In: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2007 ; Vol. 116, No. 6. pp. 447-452.

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