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. 2007 Dec 22;335(7633):1294.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39419.647118.25.

Street slang and schizophrenia

Oliver D Howes  1 , Sara Weinstein, Paul Tabraham, Lucia Valmaggia, Matthew Broome, Philip McGuire
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Street slang and schizophrenia

Oliver D Howes et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Young people often use language in an unconventional way. This may create communication difficulties for older doctors, particularly in the identification of disorganised speech, say Oliver D Howes and colleagues

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