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Review Article

Ethological approaches to psychiatric disorders: focus on depression and schizophrenia

(Professor of Psychiatry) & (Senior Researcher)
Pages 1007-1015 | Received 01 Aug 2009, Accepted 03 Aug 2009, Published online: 10 Dec 2009

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