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Schizophrenia patients with and without Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) have different mood symptom levels but same cognitive functioning

  1. D. E. Peleikis1,*,
  2. M. Varga1,
  3. K. Sundet2,
  4. S. Lorentzen1,
  5. I. Agartz1,
  6. O. A. Andreassen1,3

Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012

DOI: 10.1111/acps.12041

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Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volume 127, Issue 6, pages 455–463, June 2013

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Peleikis DE, Varga M, Sundet K, Lorentzen S, Agartz I, Andreassen OA.Schizophrenia patients with and without Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) have different mood symptom levels but same cognitive functioning

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  1. 1

    Department of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

  2. 2

    Institute of Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

  3. 3

    Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

* Dawn E. Peleikis, Department of Psychiatry, Akershus University Hospital, Alna Outpatient Clinic, 1478 Lørenskog, Norway.
E-mail: dawn.peleikis@vikenfiber.no, dawn.peleikis@ahus.no

  1. Please also see editorial comment to this paper by K. Mueser in this issue, Acta Psychiatr Scand 2013;127:440–441.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 MAY 2013
  2. Article first published online: 26 NOV 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 9 OCT 2012

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  • South–East Norway Health Authority. Grant Number: 2010-074
  • Research Council of Norway. Grant Number: #167153/V50

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