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Neurotic disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

James Lindesay*
Affiliation:
Leicester General Hospital, UK
*
James Lindesay, Professor of Psychiatry for the Elderly, Professional Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester LE5 4PW, UK.

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Psychiatry of old age
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