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Chapter 19 - Depression

Special issues in women

from Section 4 - Depression, anxiety and related disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

By
John Kelly  and
Timothy G. Dinan
Edited by
David J. Castle  and
Kathryn M. Abel
David J. Castle
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University of Melbourne
Kathryn M. Abel
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University of Manchester
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Comprehensive Women's Mental Health , pp. 233 - 246
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