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Schizophrenia: an ever-changing entity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2015

B. Browne*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin
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*Address for correspondence: B. Browne, 8 Synge St, Portobello, Dublin 8, Ireland (Email: brendanpeterbrowne@gmail.com)

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© College of Psychiatrists of Ireland 2015 

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