Mental disorders and COVID-19 deaths: Clinical, public health, and human rights implications

Shekhar Saxena; Cindy Chwa

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1004220

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Mental disorders and COVID-19 deaths: Clinical, public health, and human rights implications

Shekhar Saxena ,

* E-mail: ssaxena@hsph.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9385-0212

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Cindy Chwa

Affiliation Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1038-8972

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Mental disorders and COVID-19 deaths: Clinical, public health, and human rights implications

Shekhar Saxena,
Cindy Chwa

Published: April 11, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004220

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