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Response to Dr Dixit regarding the economic cost of schizophrenia in Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Caragh Behan
Affiliation:
General Adult Psychiatry, Cluain Mhuire Family Services, Newtown Park Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin, Ireland
Brendan Kennelly
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Eadbhard O'Callaghan
Affiliation:
DETECT, Early Intervention for Psychosis, Dublin and Dept of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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