Carrie Bearden

professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at UCLA

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Carrie Bearden on KCRW

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Potential cuts to science research grants hurts everyone, says UCLA professor

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When people are diagnosed with schizophrenia, it’s usually after they experience a psychotic break. But the disease starts before that -- maybe long before.

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When people are diagnosed with schizophrenia, it’s usually after they experience a psychotic break. But the disease starts before that -- maybe long before.

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