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The myth of hysteria as illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Nick Child*
Affiliation:
Child and Family Clinic, 49 Airbles Road, Motherwell ML1 2TJ, Scotland
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Type
Correspondence
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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