Psychiatry Research
Volume 179, Issue 2 , Pages 151-156 , 30 September 2010

Differentiating adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis from psychotic and non-psychotic patients with the Rorschach

Received 5 May 2008 ,Revised 31 March 2009 ,Accepted 15 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.04.011

Psychiatry Research
Volume 179, Issue 2 , Pages 151-156 , 30 September 2010

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