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Women and Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Helen Crimlisk*
Affiliation:
Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London
Sarah Welch
Affiliation:
Addictions Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AZ
*
Dr H. Crimlisk, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG
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Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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