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True Auditory Hallucinations as a Conversion Symptom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Chittaranjan Andrade*
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore 560029, India
Shoba Srinath
Affiliation:
(Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit), National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore 560029, India
*
Correspondence

Abstract

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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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