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Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield. Books include Madness Explained and Doctoring the Mind.

Richard Bentall is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield, a Fellow of the British Academy, and a leading researcher on schizophrenia, psychosis, and public mental health. He is the author of Madness Explained and Doctoring the Mind.

Richard Bentall is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield, a Fellow of the British Academy, and a leading researcher on schizophrenia, psychosis, and public mental health. He is the author of Madness Explained and Doctoring the Mind.

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