Somatic treatments and the historiography of psychiatry

History of Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 17, 1994, Pages 1-12

  Scull, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PSYCHIATRY; THERAPY;

HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MODERN; HUMAN; PSYCHIATRY; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 84977237411     PISSN: 0957154X     EISSN: 17402360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0957154X9400501701     Document Type: Article

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