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The continuum hypothesis of psychosis: David's criticisms are timely

A commentary on ‘Why we need more debate on whether psychotic symptoms lie on a continuum with normality’ by David (2010)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2010

I. E. Sommer
I. E. Sommer*
Affiliation:
Neuroscience DepartmentUniversity Medical Center Utrecht and Rudolf Magnus Institute for Neuroscience, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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*Address for correspondence: I. E. Sommer, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CXUtrecht, The Netherlands. (Email: I.sommer@umcutrecht.nl)
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Keywords

Continuumphenotypepsychosis
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 40 , Issue 12 , December 2010 , pp. 1959 - 1961
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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