Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 2 , Pages 139-152 , 15 November 2006

Coping patterns as a valid presentation of the diversity of coping responses in schizophrenia patients

  • Michael S. Ritsner

      Affiliations

    • Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera, Israel
    • Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Mobile Post Hefer 38814, Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera, Israel. Tel.: +972 4 6278750; fax: +972 4 6278045.
    • ,
  • Anatoly Gibel

      Affiliations

    • Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera, Israel
    • ,
  • Alexander M. Ponizovsky

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Evgeny Shinkarenko

      Affiliations

    • Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera, Israel
    • ,
  • Yael Ratner

      Affiliations

    • Sha'ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera, Israel
    • ,
  • Rena Kurs

      Affiliations

    • Lev-hasharon Mental Health Center, Netanya, Israel

Received 25 May 2005 ,Revised 23 September 2005 ,Accepted 23 September 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.09.017

Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 2 , Pages 139-152 , 15 November 2006

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