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Organization of Care and Treatment

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Good clinical practice requires a close, cooperative, and multidisciplinary treatment network for patients and relatives. The effects of schizophrenia on a patient’s life can create such difficulties and impairments that multidisciplinary care providers have to work together closely.

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Lambert, M., Naber, D. (2013). Organization of Care and Treatment. In: Lambert, M. (eds) Current Schizophrenia. Springer Healthcare, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-908517-68-5_3

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