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By Huw Green, City University of New York

In an attempt to move away from the traditional language used to describe psychosis and schizophrenia, the British Psychological Society (BPS) has launched an update to its thinking on this issue.

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By Jonathan Borwein (Jon), University of Newcastle and David H. Bailey, University of California, Davis


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