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Belmaker is assistant director at Beer-Sheva Mental Health Center at Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. Faculty Disclosure: The author does not have an affiliation with or financial interest in any organization that might pose a conflict of interest. This article was presented as a lecture given in Tel Aviv, Israel, on November 21, 2007.
Parts of this article have been previously published in Hebrew. Acknowledgment: The author would like to dedicate this article to the memory of William Pollin, MD, his mentor at The National Institute of Mental Health, whose skepticism never reduced his enthusiasm. Submitted for publication: April 7, 2008; Accepted for publication: July 23, 2008. Please direct all correspondence to: Robert H. Essential Facts about Hearing Voices. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment - Table of Contents — September 2013, 19 (5) Psychosomatica. Society for Humanistic Psychology (Division 32) President Brent Robbins, PhD Brent Dean Robbins, PhD, is director of the psychology program and associate professor of psychology at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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