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Editor and medical reviewer

Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA

Board-certified psychiatrist with more than 15 years of clinical experience. Editor and named medical reviewer of DepressionResource.org and other Shrink Network editorial properties. Author of three books on mental health for the general reader.

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