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Abnormal Personality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

H. J. Walton ,
G. A. Foulds ,
S. K. Littmann  and
A. S. Presly
H. J. Walton
Affiliation:
Edinburgh University Department of Psychiatry, Morningside Park, Edinburgh 10
G. A. Foulds
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council Unit for Reesarch on the Epidemiology of Psychiatric Illness, Edinburgh University Department of Psychiatry, Morningside Park, Edinburgh 10
S. K. Littmann
Affiliation:
Edinburgh University Department of Psychiatry, Morningside Park, Edinburgh 10
A. S. Presly
Affiliation:
Professorial Unit, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh 10
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Extract

A distinction has to be made between psychiatric illnesses on the one hand and the various forms of abnormal personality on the other hand.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 116 , Issue 534 , May 1970 , pp. 497 - 510
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

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