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When illness does not get better: do we need a palliative psychiatry?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Michael Berk*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia The Geelong Clinic, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Mental Health Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia Orygen Research Centre, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Ajeet Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia The Geelong Clinic, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Flavio Kapczinski
Affiliation:
Bipolar Disorders Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil Laboratório de Psiquiatria Molecular, Centro de Pesquisas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil
*
Professor Michael Berk Department Clinical & Biomedical Sciences, University of Melbourne Swanston Centre, Barwon Health, PO Box 281, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia. Tel: +61 3 5226 7450; Fax: +61 3 5246 5165; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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Type
Intervention Insights
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 Blackwell Munksgaard

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