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Katelyn Catanzariti

More harmed than harmful: the truth about schizophrenia

Mental health campaigners are pushing back against decades of stigma surrounding schizophrenia. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

In his 20s, James McLure was a social, footy-playing, self-confessed science "boffin" who regularly attended church but also enjoyed a drink and a joint with his friends.

Until slowly, his grip on reality started shifting, his paranoia grew and he slipped into psychosis as a severe case of schizophrenia took hold.

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