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Malignant Anxiety

A Syndrome Associated with Criminal Conduct in Africans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

T. Adeoye Lambo
T. Adeoye Lambo*
Affiliation:
Aro Hospital for Nervous and Mental Diseases, Abeokuta, Nigeria; and Psychiatric Clinic, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria
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This is an attempt to describe a clinical syndrome which has hitherto received very little attention. It is widespread in Africa and has important medicolegal implications.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 108 , Issue 454 , May 1962 , pp. 256 - 264
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1962 

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