Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 1 , Pages 65-75 , 15 May 2005

Condensed version of the Quality of Life Scale for schizophrenia for use in outcome studies

  • Michael Ritsner

      Affiliations

    • Pathological Behavior and Psychobiology Research Laboratory, Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera, Israel
    • Department of Psychiatry, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Mobile Post Hefer 38814, Israel. Tel.: +972 4 6278750; fax: +972 4 6278045.
    • ,
  • Rena Kurs

      Affiliations

    • Pathological Behavior and Psychobiology Research Laboratory, Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera, Israel
    • ,
  • Yael Ratner

      Affiliations

    • Pathological Behavior and Psychobiology Research Laboratory, Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera, Israel
    • ,
  • Anatoly Gibel

      Affiliations

    • Pathological Behavior and Psychobiology Research Laboratory, Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera, Israel

Received 13 April 2004 ,Revised 26 December 2004 ,Accepted 15 January 2005.

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PII: S0165-1781(05)00063-6

doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.01.007

Psychiatry Research
Volume 135, Issue 1 , Pages 65-75 , 15 May 2005

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