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Alaina Vandervoort Burns does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Credit: Getty Images Schizophrenia is a type of psychotic disorder that affects how a person thinks and interprets reality. Like schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder is also a type of psychotic ...

Liv Yoon received funding from Health Canada's Climate Change and Health Office for the study that informs this article. Samantha Mew does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from ...