Diagnosing and dealing with the 'new British disease'

Psychologist

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 738-741

  McAlaney, John ^a   McMahon, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

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