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Subthreshold psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ahmed Okasha
Ahmed Okasha*
Affiliation:
WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Training in Mental Health, Okasha Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University, Egypt, email aokasha@internetegypt.com
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International Psychiatry , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , November 2011 , pp. 79 - 81
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