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The less depressive state of Denmark following the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 January 2022

Helene Tilma Vistisen
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Department of Affective Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital – Psychiatry, Aarhus, Denmark
Ziggi Ivan Santini
Affiliation:
The Danish National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kim Mannemar Sønderskov
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Centre for the Experimental-Philosophical Study of Discrimination, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Søren Dinesen Østergaard*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Department of Affective Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital – Psychiatry, Aarhus, Denmark
*
Author for correspondence: Søren Dinesen Østergaard, Email: soeoes@rm.dk

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