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Does misdiagnosis explain the schizophrenia epidemic among immigrants from developing countries to Western Europe?

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  1. Dept. of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Jean-Paul Selten

  2. Parnassia Psychiatric Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Hans W. Hoek

  3. Dept. of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Hans W. Hoek

  4. Dept. of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Hans W. Hoek

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Selten, JP., Hoek, H.W. Does misdiagnosis explain the schizophrenia epidemic among immigrants from developing countries to Western Europe?. Soc Psychiat Epidemiol 43, 937–939 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-008-0390-5

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