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Published on in Vol 7 (2023)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/39206, first published .
“I Haven’t Been Diagnosed, but I Should Be”—Insight Into Self-diagnoses of Common Mental Health Disorders: Cross-sectional Study

“I Haven’t Been Diagnosed, but I Should Be”—Insight Into Self-diagnoses of Common Mental Health Disorders: Cross-sectional Study

“I Haven’t Been Diagnosed, but I Should Be”—Insight Into Self-diagnoses of Common Mental Health Disorders: Cross-sectional Study

Authors of this article:

Lauren A Rutter1 Author Orcid Image ;   Jacqueline Howard1 Author Orcid Image ;   Prabhvir Lakhan1 Author Orcid Image ;   Danny Valdez2 Author Orcid Image ;   Johan Bollen3 Author Orcid Image ;   Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces1 Author Orcid Image
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