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Original articles

Health professionals’ recognition of co-occurring alcohol and depressive disorders in youth: a survey of Australian general practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists and mental health nurses using case vignettes

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Pages 830-835 | Received 26 May 2007, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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