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Torres, AR
Prince, MJ
Bebbington, PE
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Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London, UK

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For correspondence: Dr Torres, Departamento de Neurologia e Psiquiatria, Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu, UNESP, 18618-970, Botucatu (SP), Brazil; [email protected]

Source of funding: Office for National Statistics, on behalf of the Department of Health.

Competing interests: None.

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