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How to bring neurology and psychiatry closer? Trainees, trainers and teachers support shared learning

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  1. consultant neurologist at St George's Hospital, London, UK

    Fred Schon

  2. professor of psychiatry in the Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, Gartnaval Royal Hospital, Glasgow, UK

    Angus VP MacKay

  3. Clinical Audit Coordinator at Mayday University Hospital, Thornton Heath, UK

    Christophe Fernandez

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Schon, F., MacKay, A. & Fernandez, C. How to bring neurology and psychiatry closer? Trainees, trainers and teachers support shared learning. Nat Rev Neurol 2, 690–691 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpneuro0354

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