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Witchcraft and Psychotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Wolfgang G. Jilek
Wolfgang G. Jilek*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T2A1
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 149 , Issue 6 , December 1986 , pp. 796 - 797
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

References

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