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The Continuum Model as a Resolution of Paradoxes in Manic-Depressive Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. H. Court
J. H. Court*
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Department of Mental Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 120 , Issue 555 , February 1972 , pp. 133 - 141
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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