Psychiatry Research
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 203-213 , 15 December 2005

Socio-demographic and clinical predictors of quality of life in patients with schizophrenia or schizo-affective disorder

  • Jean Caron

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationPsychosocial Research Division, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, 6875 LaSalle Blvd., Verdun, QC, Canada H4H 1R3. Tel.: +1 514 761 6131; fax: +1 514 762 3049.
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  • Céline Mercier

      Affiliations

    • Centre de Réadaptation Lisette Dupras, Département de Medicine Sociale et Preventive, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
    • ,
  • Pablo Diaz

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont., Canada
    • ,
  • Andrea Martin

      Affiliations

    • Douglas Hospital Research Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada

Received 23 September 2004 ,Revised 6 June 2005 ,Accepted 6 July 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.07.002

Psychiatry Research
Volume 137, Issue 3 , Pages 203-213 , 15 December 2005

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