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Research Diagnostic Criteria for Primary Affective Disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Carlo Faravelli*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychiatry, University of Florence, Italy
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Abstract

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Type
Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1981 

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