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A Twin Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

O. W. Hill
O. W. Hill*
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychiatry, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London W.1
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Extract

This study illustrates some of the constitutional and psychological complications of being a twin, some difficulties that may arise in formal diagnosis and the therapeutic importance of separation.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 114 , Issue 507 , February 1968 , pp. 175 - 179
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1968 

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