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About the Authors
Marilyn A. Craven, MD, PhD, CCFP
Associate clinical professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Paul S. Links, MD, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario