Psychiatry Research
Volume 144, Issue 1 , Pages 49-56 , 30 September 2006

Quality of life for patients with schizophrenia in a Japanese psychiatric hospital

  • Aki Kugo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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  • Seishi Terada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 86 235 7242; fax: +81 86 235 7246.
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  • Hideki Ishizu

      Affiliations

    • Zikei Institute of Psychiatry, Zikei Hospital, 100-2 Urayasuhon-machi, Okayama 702-8508, Japan
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  • Toshihiko Takeda

      Affiliations

    • Zikei Institute of Psychiatry, Zikei Hospital, 100-2 Urayasuhon-machi, Okayama 702-8508, Japan
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  • Soichiro Sato

      Affiliations

    • Zikei Institute of Psychiatry, Zikei Hospital, 100-2 Urayasuhon-machi, Okayama 702-8508, Japan
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  • Toshiaki Habara

      Affiliations

    • Zikei Institute of Psychiatry, Zikei Hospital, 100-2 Urayasuhon-machi, Okayama 702-8508, Japan
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  • Yasuyuki Fujimoto

      Affiliations

    • Zikei Institute of Psychiatry, Zikei Hospital, 100-2 Urayasuhon-machi, Okayama 702-8508, Japan
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  • Tazuko Namba

      Affiliations

    • Zikei Institute of Psychiatry, Zikei Hospital, 100-2 Urayasuhon-machi, Okayama 702-8508, Japan
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  • Shigeo Horii

      Affiliations

    • Zikei Institute of Psychiatry, Zikei Hospital, 100-2 Urayasuhon-machi, Okayama 702-8508, Japan
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  • Shigetoshi Kuroda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan

Received 24 July 2003 ,Revised 3 June 2005 ,Accepted 20 June 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.06.012

Psychiatry Research
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