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International Journal of Community & Family Medicine Volume 2 (2017), Article ID 2:IJCFM-131, 3 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2017/131
Commentary
Initiative for Global Mental Health in Switzerland

Sabine Bährer-Kohler

President of the Association for Mental Health/Global Mental Health Switzerland, Professor for Mental Health & Social Determinants at Tropical Neurology and Neuroinfection Master, International University of Catalonia (UIC), Barcelona, Spain
Invited Prof. Dr. Sabine Bährer-Kohler, Mental Health & Social Determinants at Tropical Neurology and Neuroinfection Master, International University of Catalonia (UIC), Barcelona, Spain, Tel: +41 (0) 61 5513059; E-mail: sabine.baehrer@datacomm.ch
28 October 2017; 02 December 2017; 04 December 2017
Bährer-Kohler S (2017) Initiative for Global Mental Health in Switzerland. Int J Community Fam Med 2: 131. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3498/2017/131

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