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Feeling the pressure: work stress and mental health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2007

ABRAHAM REICHENBERG*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
JAMES H. MacCABE
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
*
*Address for correspondence: Dr A. Reichenberg, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK. (Email: [email protected])

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