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Our endless search for a scientific paradigm is not over

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2016

A. Fioritti*
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, Azienda USL Bologna, Bologna, BO, Italy.
*
Address for Correspondence: A. Fioritti, Department of Mental Health, Azienda USL Bologna, Bologna, BO, Italy. (Email: a.fioritti@ausl.bologna.it)

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