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About the authors
Peggy M.A. Richter, MD, FRCPC
Associate professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; head, Frederick W. Thompson Anxiety Disorders Centre, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto.
Steven K. Selchen, MD, MSt, FRCP
Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto.
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