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Chapter 16 - Body image disorders in women

from Section 4 - Depression, anxiety and related disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

By
Serafino G. Mancuso ,
Andrea Phillipou ,
Susan L. Rossell  and
David J. Castle
Edited by
David J. Castle  and
Kathryn M. Abel
David J. Castle
Affiliation:
University of Melbourne
Kathryn M. Abel
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
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Comprehensive Women's Mental Health , pp. 197 - 207
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Print publication year: 2016

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