Reducing the burden of neurological disease and mental illness

Double, Kay L; Richards, Linda J

doi:10.5694/mja17.00141

Topics

General medicine

Nervous system diseases

Mental disorders

The key to finding solutions for brain disorders is cooperation and collaboration, from the laboratory to the clinic

1 Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW
2 Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD

Correspondence: kay.double@sydney.edu.au

Competing interests:

Kay Double is the Executive Secretary and Linda Richards the President of the Australasian Neuroscience Society.

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