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M Buonocore1, M Bosia2, M Bechi1

  • 1Department of Clinical Neurosciences, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Stamira d'Ancona 20, 20127 Milan, Italy.

European Psychiatry : the Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists
|July 31, 2017
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CognitionCognitive remediationPsychosisRehabilitationState Trait Anxiety InventoryStress management

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