Dimensions of folk psychiatry

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-47

  Haslam, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 16244403677     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.9.1.35     Document Type: Article

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