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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

C. Ballard
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Byrne provides an excellent clinical overview. However, I have selected four areas of clinical interest for more detailed consideration.

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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 4 , Issue 6 , November 1998 , pp. 366 - 368
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