US Suicide Rates and Impact of Major Disasters Over the Last Century

Tarun Bastiampillai, FRANZCP; Stephen Allison, FRANZCP; Janel Cubbage, LCPC; Paul Nestadt, MD; Joshua Sharfstein, MD

Prim Care Companion CNS Disord 2022;24(2):21com03168

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