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Mental Diseases in Peking Between 1933 and 1943

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Liang-Wei Chu  and
Mei-Chen Liu
Liang-Wei Chu
Affiliation:
Brockhall Hospital, Langho, nr. Blackburn, Lancs
Mei-Chen Liu
Affiliation:
Brockhall Hospital, Langho, nr. Blackburn, Lancs
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This report is based on a survey of 1,716 Chinese patients admitted to the Peking Municipal Psychopathic Hospital during the years 1933–1943. It is mainly concerned with a statistical presentation of the relative frequency of the various mental disorders and with certain other data which may be of interest to psychiatrists and other members of the medical profession.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 106 , Issue 442 , January 1960 , pp. 274 - 280
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1960 

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