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Maintenance Treatment of Chronic Schizophrenia

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The treatment of chronic schizophrenia is essentially a long-term question. The last thirty years have seen a great improvement in the quality of life of schizophrenic patients, but the principles of treatment have not altered materially.

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Ahlfors, U.G. (1985). Maintenance Treatment of Chronic Schizophrenia. In: Pichot, P., Berner, P., Wolf, R., Thau, K. (eds) Psychiatry the State of the Art. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2363-1_115

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