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An evaluation of journalistic reporting on schizophrenia in the Irish news media

Emmet Godfrey1, Conor Gavin1, Elaine Haskins2

  • 1School of Psychology, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
|March 27, 2023
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Keywords:
Schizophreniamediapsychosisstigma

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