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Food for thought

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Felice Jacka*
Affiliation:
Barwon Psychiatric Research Unit, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Michael Berk
Affiliation:
Barwon Psychiatric Research Unit, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Felice Jacka, Barwon Psychiatric Research Unit, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3220, Australia. Tel: +61 3 52603084; Fax: +61 3 5246 5165; E-mail: felice@barwonhealth.org.au

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Intervention Insights
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Copyright © 2007 Blackwell Munksgaard

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