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Conventional psychiatry has emphasized the genetic roots of psychosis based on the claim that twin and other studies show that schizophrenia is 80% heritable, which means that 80% of the cause is genetic.
Richard Bentall
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Richard Bentall
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 30
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Sheffield
England
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