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What's normal anyway? Normal and non-normal distributions in psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Grant Sara
Grant Sara*
Affiliation:
Director, InforMH, Macquarie Hospital, North Ryde NSW 1670, Australia.
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Dr Grant Sara, Director, InforMH, Macquarie Hospital, North Ryde NSW 1670, Australia; and Clinical Senior Lecturer, Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney. Tel: 61-2-8877 5132; Fax: 61-2-9887 5722; E-mail: GRSara@nsccahs.health.nsw.gov.au
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Statistically Speaking
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 22 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 305 - 310
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Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S

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