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Research Article

Tailoring an evidence-based clinical intervention and training package for the treatment and prevention of comorbid heavy drinking and depression in middle-income country settings: the development of the SCALA toolkit in Latin America

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Article: 2080344 | Received 15 Mar 2022, Accepted 16 May 2022, Published online: 22 Jul 2022

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