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The Phantom Double in Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

W. B. McConnell
W. B. McConnell*
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, Queen's University, Belfast
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Extract

To see a ghost is a most impressive experience, but if the apparition is the observer's double the event must have added impact. The dramatic appeal of such a situation has long been exploited by authors and it would seem that their preoccupation has in some cases been dictated by personal experience, for example Maupassant and Dostoevsky (Coleman, 1934).

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 111 , Issue 470 , January 1965 , pp. 67 - 69
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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