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Views of Psychiatry: A Comparison Between Medical Students From Barcelona and Medellín

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  1. Institut d’Atenció Psiquiàtrica, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

    Guillem Pailhez M.D., Ph.D. &  Antonio Bulbena

  2. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UDIMAS), Barcelona, Spain

    Guillem Pailhez M.D., Ph.D. &  Antonio Bulbena

  3. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia

    Carlos López M.D.

  4. Wayne State University, Detroit, USA

    Richard Balon M.D.

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Correspondence to Guillem Pailhez M.D., Ph.D..

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The authors thank Anna L. Subira for the translation tasks and Serge Mojal for the methodological and statistical assessment (Department of Methodological Consulting in Biomedical Research, Barcelona, Spain, Biomedical Research Park-CSB-IMAS).

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Pailhez, G., Bulbena, A., López, C. et al. Views of Psychiatry: A Comparison Between Medical Students From Barcelona and Medellín. Acad Psychiatry 34, 61–66 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.34.1.61

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