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Study details role of protein that may play a key role in the development of schizophrenia • Apr. 18, 2025, 5:25 AM ET (Medical Xpress)
Brains of people with schizophrenia may age faster—new research adds to the evidence • Apr. 15, 2025, 1:27 AM ET (Medical Xpress)
How your brain creates your sense of self • Apr. 4, 2025, 9:54 AM ET (NPR)

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Also Known As dementia praecox

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Harry Stack Sullivan
American psychiatrist
Patrick McGorry
Irish-born Australian psychiatrist
Luce Irigaray
French linguist, psychoanalyst, and philosopher
Emil Kraepelin
German psychiatrist
Eugen Bleuler
Eugen Bleuler
Swiss psychiatrist
R.D. Laing
British psychiatrist
Manfred J. Sakel
Austrian neurophysiologist and psychiatrist
Benedict Augustin Morel
French psychologist

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