Mortality among patients with non-affective functional psychoses in a metropolitan area of South-Eastern Brazil Mortalidade em pacientes com psicoses funcionais não afetivas na cidade de São Paulo, Brasil

High mortality rates among those suffering from schizophrenia and related psychoses have been consistently described in developed societies. However, to date there is a lack of data on this matter in Brazil. In order to examine this issue, a prospective 2-year follow-up study was carried out in S. P...

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Main Authors: Paulo R. Menezes, Anthony H. Mann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 1996-08-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101996000400003