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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Richard D. Weiner  and
Charles A. Welch
Richard D. Weiner
Affiliation:
Psychiatry Service, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, N.C. 27705 U.S.A.
Charles A. Welch
Affiliation:
Somatic Therapies Consultation Service, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts 02114 U.S.A.
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 5 , May 1983 , pp. 537 - 538
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Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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