World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia

Facts and Figures

Schizophrenia : Youth’s Greatest Disabler

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Authors

SEA/Ment/117
Distr: Genera

Coordinating Author:

Dr R Thara
Director, Schizophrenia Research Foundation Chennai, India

Co-authors:

Dr Duangkamol Sucharitakul
Nakorn Ratchasima Psychiatric Hospital
Nakorn Ratchasima Province
, Thailand

Dr Nalaka Mendis
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Colombo,
Colombo, Sri Lanka

Dr Hidayetul Islam
Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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