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The challenges faced by national psychiatric associations and societies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Pedro Ruiz*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 1300 Moursund Street, Houston, Texas 77030, USA, email pedro.ruiz@uth.tmc.edu
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