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Editorial
. 2020 Mar 1;45(2):75-78.
doi: 10.1503/jpn.200026.

Are mental disorders orphan diseases?

Nicolas Garel  1 , Ridha Joober  1
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Editorial

Are mental disorders orphan diseases?

Nicolas Garel et al. J Psychiatry Neurosci. .
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: R. Joober sits on the advisory boards and speakers’ bureaus of Pfizer, Janssen Ortho, BMS, Sunovion, Otsuka, Lundbeck, Perdue and Myelin; he has received grant funding from them and from AstraZeneca and HLS. He has received honoraria from Janssen Canada, Shire, Lundbeck, Otsuka, Pfizer and Perdue for CME presentations and royalties from Henry Stewart talks. No other competing interests were declared.

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