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Relief of Diazepam — Withdrawal Syndrome by Shoplifting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Jeremy Coid*
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5

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Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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