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International Variations in the Diagnosis of Psychiatric Illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Julian Leff
Julian Leff*
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MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 131 , Issue 4 , October 1977 , pp. 329 - 338
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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