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The word 'mental' often brings many stray feelings whenever it enters the thought process. The word has often been associated with mental illness and the mental
The field of academic psychiatry is in crisis, everywhere. It is not merely a health crisis of resource scarcity or distribution, competing claims and practice
Reviewing epidemiological and demographic trends internationally, this book provides an overview of major health trends, summarises the current state of the wor