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Suicide in men: an underappreciated public health challenge

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  1. James J. Peters Veterans’ Administration Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY, 10468, USA

    Leo Sher

  2. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

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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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