British psychiatry and homosexuality

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 175, Issue AUG., 1999, Pages 106-113

  King, Michael ^a   Bartlett, Annie ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MORALITY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0032797402     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.175.2.106     Document Type: Review

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