The social network and the quality of life of people suffering from schizophrenia seven years after the first hospitalisation

andrzej Cechnicki1, Anna Wojciechowska1, Miguel Valdez2: Community Psychiatry Section, Chair of Psychiatry, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, 2 Departamento de Psiquiatria Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon; Correspondence address: Andrzej Cechnicki: Community Psychiatry Section, Chair of Psychiatry, Collegium Medicum, Jagiellonian University, 2 Sikorskiego Pl. Apt. 8, 31-115 Cracow, Poland.

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