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  1. the Department of Clinical Psychobiology, Schizophrenia Research Unit, New York State Psychiatric Institute, USA

    Xavier F. Amador Ph.D. & David H. Strauss M.D.

  2. the Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, USA

    Xavier F. Amador Ph.D. & David H. Strauss M.D.

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Amador, X.F., Strauss, D.H. Poor insight in schizophrenia. Psych Quart 64, 305–318 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064924

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