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Study links inflammation to reduced motivation and brain circuit changes in schizophrenia • May 16, 2025, 4:03 AM ET (Medical Xpress)
Newborn vitamin D deficiency linked to higher risk of ADHD, schizophrenia and autism • May 16, 2025, 3:24 AM ET (Medical Xpress)
Early vitamin D deficiency increases risk of ADHD, schizophrenia and autism • May 15, 2025, 2:54 AM ET (News-Medical)
Genetic susceptibility to schizophrenia associated with thinner retinas • Apr. 22, 2025, 5:45 PM ET (News-Medical)

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Also Known As dementia praecox

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Harry Stack Sullivan
American psychiatrist
Patrick McGorry
Irish-born Australian psychiatrist
Emil Kraepelin
German psychiatrist
Luce Irigaray
French linguist, psychoanalyst, and philosopher
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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