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Depression: What Every Woman Should Know has been revised by Margaret Strock, Office of Science Policy, Planning and Communications, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Expert assistance was provided by Mary Blehar, PhD, Matthew Rudorfer, MD, Melissa Spearing, and Clarissa Wittenberg, NIMH staff members, and Ellen Frank, MD, Western Psychiatric Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Their help is assuring the accuracy of this brochure is gratefully acknowledged. Editorial assistance was provided by Lisa Alberts, NIMH staff member.
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