Effectiveness of group body psychotherapy for negative symptoms of schizophrenia: multicentre randomised controlled

S Priebe1, M Savill2, T Wykes2

  • 1S. Priebe, FRCPsych, M. Savill, PhD, Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, WHO Collaborative Centre for Mental Health Services Development, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK; T. Wykes, PhD, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, London, UK; R. P. Bentall, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; U. Reininghaus, MSc, DiplPsych, Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, London, UK and Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, The Netherlands; C. Lauber, MD, Services Psychiatriques, Jura Bernois - Bienne-Seeland, Bellelay, Switzerland; S. Bremner, PhD, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; S. Eldridge, MSc, Centre for Primary Care and Public Health, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK; F. Röhricht, MD, MRCPsych, Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, WHO Collaborative Centre for Mental Health Services Development, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK s.priebe@qmul.ac.uk.

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