A Call for Action for Mental Health: Medical Students and Physicians' roles

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  • Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar PhD Student, Clinical Research and Translational Science. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Research Associate, CISALVA Institute, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
  • Huy Ming Lim Healthcare Statistics Unit, National Clinical Research Centre, National Institutes of Health, Ministry of Health, Malaysia.

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https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2015.131

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Francisco J. Bonilla-Escobar, PhD Student, Clinical Research and Translational Science. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Research Associate, CISALVA Institute, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.

Francisco is a PhD student of Clinical Research and Translational Science at the University of Pittsburgh at USA. He is also a researcher at the Cisalva Institute at the  Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia. He is committed with translational projects in low- and middle-income countries and evalulation of interventions.

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2015-12-26 — Updated on 2022-05-30

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J. Bonilla-Escobar, F., & Ming Lim, H. (2022). A Call for Action for Mental Health: Medical Students and Physicians’ roles. International Journal of Medical Students, 3(3), 121–122. https://doi.org/10.5195/ijms.2015.131 (Original work published December 26, 2015)

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