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Behavior and Substance Addictions: Is the World Ready for a New Category in the DSM-V?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Amitabh Parashar ,
Anjali Varma  and
Jerald J. Block
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Letter to the Editor
Information
CNS Spectrums , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , April 2007 , pp. 257 - 259
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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