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The Behavioural Treatment of Hysteria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Julian Bird*
Affiliation:
The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5

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Review Article
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1979 

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