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A Case of Doll Phobia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Simon Hatcher*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS9 7TF

Abstract

A case of doll phobia in a 14-year-old boy is presented and discussed.

Type
Brief Reports
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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