National Institute of Mental Health

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National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),

an institute of the National Institutes of Health whose mission is to provide national leadership in the understanding, treatment, and prevention of mental illnesses through basic research on the brain and behavior, and through clinical, epidemiologic, and services research.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

an institute of the national institutes of health whose mission is to provide national leadership in the understanding, treatment, and prevention of mental illnesses through basic research on the brain and behavior, as well as through clinical, epidemiological, and services research.

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