Quo Vadis, Probiotics? Human Research Supports Further Study of Beneficial Microbes in Mental Health

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¹ Clinic Director, Stress Trauma Anxiety Rehabilitation and Treatment (START) Clinic for Mood and Anxiety Disorders, 32 Park Road, Toronto, ON M4W 2N4, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Canada; Department of Psychology, Adler Graduate Professional School, Canada; Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, Canada; Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada/Association (ADAC/ACTA), Canada; Treasurer, American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD), United States. Electronic address: mkatzman@startclinic.ca.
² FLAME Global Network, Research Group of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), 6010 Park Ave, Suite #4081, West New York, NJ 07093, United States. Electronic address: aclnd@cfs-fm.org.

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Martin A Katzman et al. EBioMedicine. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct:24:14-15.

doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.09.019. Epub 2017 Sep 18.

¹ Clinic Director, Stress Trauma Anxiety Rehabilitation and Treatment (START) Clinic for Mood and Anxiety Disorders, 32 Park Road, Toronto, ON M4W 2N4, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Canada; Department of Psychology, Adler Graduate Professional School, Canada; Department of Psychology, Lakehead University, Canada; Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada/Association (ADAC/ACTA), Canada; Treasurer, American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD), United States. Electronic address: mkatzman@startclinic.ca.
² FLAME Global Network, Research Group of the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN), 6010 Park Ave, Suite #4081, West New York, NJ 07093, United States. Electronic address: aclnd@cfs-fm.org.

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