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The Practical Management of Affective Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

David M. Shaw
David M. Shaw*
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Department of Psychological Medicine, The Welsh National School of Medicine, Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff CF4 7XB
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 130 , Issue 5 , May 1977 , pp. 432 - 451
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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