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Leo Sher, M.D., is Chair of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health.
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Sher, L. Suicide in men: an underappreciated public health challenge. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 270, 277–278 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-019-01041-w
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