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Lawrence H Yang1, Michael R Phillips, Xianyun Li

  • 1Lawrence H. Yang, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA; Michael R. Phillips, MD, MPH, MA, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China, Departments of Psychiatry and Global Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA, and WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Beijing Hui Long Guan Hospital, Beijing, China; Xianyun Li, BMed, MMed, WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Beijing Hui Long Guan Hospital, Beijing, China; Gary Yu, MPH, Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USA; Jingxuan Zhang, BMed, Shandong Provincial Mental Health Center, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China; Qichang Shi, BMed, Tong De Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, China; Zhiqiang Song, BMed, The 3rd People's Hospital of Qinghai Province, Xining City, Qinghai Province, China; Zhijie Ding, BMed, Tianshui City Mental Hospital, Tianshui City, Gansu Province, China; Shutao Pang, BMed, Qingdao Mental Health Centre, Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China; Ezra Susser, MD, DrPH, Global Mental Health Program at Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA.

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