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Self-esteem in persons with schizophrenia. A Nordic multicentre study

Knut W. Sörgaard Nordland Psychiatric Hospital, Bodo, Norway,
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Jyrki Heikkilä University of Turku and Mental Health Centre of Turku, Turku, Finland,
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Lars Hansson Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychiatry, Lund University, Sweden
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Hanne R. Vinding Roskilde County Hospital, Fjorden, Roskilde, Denmark,
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Olafur Bjarnason Department of Psychiatry, Reykjavik, Iceland,
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Anita Bengtson-Tops Department of Psychiatry, Malmo, Sweden,
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Lars Merinder Department of Psychiatric Demography, Institute of Basic Psychiatric Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark,
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Liselott Nilsson Department of Psychiatry, Malmo, Sweden,
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Mikael Sandlund Department of Clinical Science, Division of Psychiatry, Umea University, Sweden
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Thomas Middelboe Community Mental Health Centre, Bispebjerg Hospital, Department of Psychiatry E, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Pages 405-415 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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