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Effectiveness of community treatment orders for treatment of schizophrenia with oral or depot antipsychotic medication: clinical outcomes

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Pages 596-605 | Received 11 Feb 2005, Accepted 26 Jan 2006, Published online: 17 Aug 2009

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