Cross-Cultural Validity of Psychological Distress Measurement During
                    the Coronavirus Pandemic

Pharmacopsychiatry 2020; 53(05): 237-238
DOI: 10.1055/a-1190-5029

Letter to the Editor

Authors

Shuyan Liu

¹Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (CCM), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Andreas Heinz

¹Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (CCM), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

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