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. 2020 Sep;66(6):625-626.
doi: 10.1177/0020764020927047. Epub 2020 May 21.

Impact of social distancing on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: An urgent discussion

Matias Carvalho Aguiar Melo  1   2 , Douglas de Sousa Soares  2
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Impact of social distancing on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic: An urgent discussion

Matias Carvalho Aguiar Melo et al. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2020 Sep.
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Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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