Schizophrenia Research
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 83-90 , 1 January 2006

Defining subjects at risk for psychosis: A comparison of two approaches

  • Andor E. Simon

      Affiliations

    • Specialized Outpatient Clinic for Early Psychosis, Psychiatric Outpatient Services, Department of Psychiatry, 4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +41 61 425 45 45; fax: +41 61 425 45 46.
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  • Diane N. Dvorsky

      Affiliations

    • Specialized Outpatient Clinic for Early Psychosis, Psychiatric Outpatient Services, Department of Psychiatry, 4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland
    • University of Basel, Faculty of Psychology, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Jakob Boesch

      Affiliations

    • Specialized Outpatient Clinic for Early Psychosis, Psychiatric Outpatient Services, Department of Psychiatry, 4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Binia Roth

      Affiliations

    • Child and Youth Psychiatric Department, Department of Psychiatry, 4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Emanuel Isler

      Affiliations

    • Child and Youth Psychiatric Department, Department of Psychiatry, 4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Petra Schueler

      Affiliations

    • Child and Youth Psychiatric Department, Department of Psychiatry, 4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Carlo Petralli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Bruderholz Hospital, 4101 Bruderholz, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Daniel Umbricht

      Affiliations

    • Translational Medicine Neuroscience, Exploratory Development, Novartis Pharma AG, 4056 Basel, Switzerland

Received 30 September 2005 ,Accepted 2 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.10.006

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 81, Issue 1 , Pages 83-90 , 1 January 2006

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