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Editorial
. 2023;92(2):73-80.
doi: 10.1159/000528544. Epub 2023 Feb 6.

More Treatment, but Not Less Anxiety and Mood Disorders: Why? Seven Hypotheses and Their Evaluation

Johan Ormel  1   2 , Paul M G Emmelkamp  3
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Editorial

More Treatment, but Not Less Anxiety and Mood Disorders: Why? Seven Hypotheses and Their Evaluation

Johan Ormel et al. Psychother Psychosom. 2023.
No abstract available

Keywords: Common mental disorder; Counterproductive effects; Population-level impact of treatment; Treatment gaps.

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Conflict of interest statement

All authors report no financial interests or potential conflicts of interest.

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