Text adapted from "The patient with Psychosis" in Psychiatry in primary care by George Foussias and Z. Jeff Daskalakis (CAMH, 2019).
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About the Authors
George Foussias, MD, PhD, FRCPC Assistant professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; associate chief, Schizophrenia Division, and medical head, Slaight Family Centre for Youth in Transition, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON
Z. Jeff Daskalakis, MD, PhD, FRCPC Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; chief, General Adult Psychiatry and Health Systems Division, and Temerty Chair in Therapeutic Brain Intervention, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON
In Psychosis: