Directions in Psychiatry
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David B. Larson is President, International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality, Rockville, MD, and Adjunct Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, and Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL. Susan S. Larson is Research Reports Editor, International Center for the Integration of Health and Spirituality, Rockville, MD. Harold G. Koenig is Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC.
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