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. 2005 May;2(5):e151; quiz e175.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020151. Epub 2005 May 31.

The global prevalence of schizophrenia

Dinesh Bhugra  1
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The global prevalence of schizophrenia

Dinesh Bhugra. PLoS Med. 2005 May.

Abstract

Bhugra discusses the implications of a new study in PLoS Medicine that challenges widely held assumptions about the epidemiology of schizophrenia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The author declares that he has no competing interests.

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Psychiatric Research by Ted Watson—this painting, representing collaborative research between people with schizophrenia and mental health professionals, is by an aboriginal mental health service user and was commissioned by the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Australia
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