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Identity and schizophrenia: Who do I want to be?
Mary V Seeman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5P 3L6, Canada
Author contributions: Seeman MV contributed to the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The author declares no conflict of interest.
Correspondence to: Mary V Seeman, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 260 Heath St W. Toronto, ON M5P 3L6, Canada. mary.seeman@utoronto.ca
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Received: October 27, 2016
Peer-review started: October 31, 2016
First decision: December 1, 2016
Revised: December 7, 2016
Accepted: January 2, 2017
Article in press: January 3, 2017
Published online: March 22, 2017
Processing time: 142 Days and 22.7 Hours
Peer-review started: October 31, 2016
First decision: December 1, 2016
Revised: December 7, 2016
Accepted: January 2, 2017
Article in press: January 3, 2017
Published online: March 22, 2017
Processing time: 142 Days and 22.7 Hours
Core Tip
Core tip: Everyone tries at times to change aspects of their identity. When people with schizophrenia do it, it should not necessarily be interpreted as delusional, but safety issues need always to be kept in the foreground.