Schizophrenia Bulletin follows the movement change to the name and concept of “Schizophrenia”, revealing that Japan has taken the lead. Japan, to remove the stigma, social and professional consequences, notions of dangerousness and lack of hope that the old name and model conveyed, was the first country to update and revise the schizophrenia concept by embracing the name “Integration Disorder”, and the stress vulnerability model, along with evidence that people “recover and lead a normal life.”
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Sartorius, N., Chiu, H., Heok, K., Lee, M., et al.; Name Change for Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. Online January 23, 2014. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbt231
