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Mental health and behavior is a field of medicine that looks at an individual's emotional, cognitive, and behavioral well-being and the disease states that can affect that well-being.

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24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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