Royal naval psychiatry: Organization, methods and outcomes, 1900–1945

Mariners Mirror

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-203

  Jones, Edgar ^a   Greenberg, Neil ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Military Psychiatry and commands a military Department of Community Mental Health   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34347287901     PISSN: 00253359     EISSN: 2049680X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00253359.2006.10656993     Document Type: Article

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