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Perspective: psychiatric diagnosis is too important for its own good

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2013

A. Frances
A. Frances*
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Department of Psychiatry, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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*Address for correspondence: A. Frances, PO Box 3950, Department of Psychiatry, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. (Email allenfrances@vzw.blackberry.net)
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , June 2013 , pp. 137 - 140
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Copyright © College of Psychiatrists of Ireland 2013 

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