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The Depression of Widowhood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Paula J. Clayton ,
James A. Halikas  and
William L. Maurice
Paula J. Clayton
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 4940 Audubon Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A.
James A. Halikas
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, 4940 Audubon Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, U.S.A.
William L. Maurice
Affiliation:
The University of British Columbia, Health Sciences Centre Hospital, Vancouver 8, Canada
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 120 , Issue 554 , January 1972 , pp. 71 - 77
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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