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Millions of people each year live with a mental disorder that causes significant distress and disability. In economically established countries, the evidence-informed practice of combining pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy has become the most frequently used approach in caring for these people. Most clinicians endorse the combination of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy as more efficacious and beneficial than each modality alone.

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