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Editorial
. 2019 Nov;140(5):391-392.
doi: 10.1111/acps.13108.

An epidemic or a plague of common mental disorders?

Toshi A Furukawa  1
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Editorial

An epidemic or a plague of common mental disorders?

Toshi A Furukawa. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2019 Nov.
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