Community psychiatry service in Sri Lanka: a successful model
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عنوان ژورنال: Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2579-2008,2012-6883
DOI: 10.4038/sljpsyc.v2i1.3157