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Diagnostic Imaging Pathways - First Episode Psychosis

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  1. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Clinical Practice Guidelines Team for the Treatment of Schizophrenia and Related Disorders. Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of schizophrenia and related disorders. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2005; 39:1-30. (Consensus Statement) Click here to view reference
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  5. Kasai K, McCArley RW, Salisbury DF et al. Cavum septum pellucidi in first-episode schizophrenia and first-episode affective psychosis: an MRI study. Schizophr Res 2004; 71:65-76. (Level III evidence)
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