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On the Genesis of Affective Illness. A Pair of Discordant Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Ian G. Thomson
Ian G. Thomson*
Affiliation:
Whitecroft Hospital, Newport, Isle of Wight
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Extract

Progress in the behavioural sciences is bedevilled by the difficulty in finding adequate controls. This is a report of a patient who in two important respects provided her own control.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 116 , Issue 532 , March 1970 , pp. 323 - 325
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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