Short communicationSymposium summary on “Community Psychiatry and DMHP—An update”
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Declaration of interest statement
The authors have no competing interest to declare.
Acknowledgement
This symposium was supported by Dr. Ramachandra N Moorthy foundation for Mental Health and Neurological Sciences, NIMHANS, Bengaluru.
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