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Author(s)
Manuscript received April 2002 and accepted October 2002.
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba.
2. Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Medical Director, General Psychiatry Program, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Address for correspondence: Dr J Polimeni, PsycHealth Centre, PZ 202-771 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3E 3N4
e-mail: jpolime@cc.umanitoba.ca
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