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Mania Following Bereavement: A Case Report

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Stephen J. Rosenman*
Affiliation:
NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Australian National University, GPO Box 4 Canberra ACT 2601
Helen Tayler
Affiliation:
Capital Territory Health Authority, Canberra ACT, Australia
*
Correspondence

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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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