The Relationship Between Physical and Mental Health: an Update from the WPA Working Group on Managing Comorbidity of Mental and Physical Health

Overview

Journal World Psychiatry

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2023 Jan 14

PMID 36640405

Authors

Andrea Fiorillo

Giovanni de Girolamo

Ivona Filipcic Simunovic

Oye Gureje

Mohan Isaac

Cathy Lloyd

Jair Mari

Vikram Patel

Andreas Reif

Elena Starostina

Paul Summergrad

Norman Sartorius

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