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Commentary on “A sceptical reflection on the diagnosis of multiple personality disorder”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Frank W Putnam*
Affiliation:
Unit on Dissociative Disorders, Laboratory of Developmental Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

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