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‘Universality of Mental Illness’ Revisited: Assumptions, Artefacts and New Directions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Vikram Patel  and
Mark Winston
Vikram Patel
Affiliation:
University of Zimbabwe Medical School, and Section of Epidemiology & General Practice, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Mark Winston*
Affiliation:
University of Zimbabwe Medical School
*
Dr Mark Winston, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical School, PO Box A178, Avondale, Harare, Zimbabwe.
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 165 , Issue 4 , October 1994 , pp. 437 - 440
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994 

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