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Stress, Distress and Disease

The Presidential Address at the Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, held in London, 9th July, 1975

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

W. Linford Rees*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London, EC1A 7BE

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1976 

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