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Lay conceptions of mental disorder: The folk psychiatry model

✍ Scribed by Dr. NICK HASLAM; LAUREN BAN; LEAH KAUFMANN

Book ID
111734348
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
90 KB
Volume
42
Category
Article
ISSN
0005-0067

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