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Acute Psychotic Reactions in Africans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Roland Littlewood
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's at Hackney, Homerton High Street, London E9 6BE
Maurice Lipsedge
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's at Hackney, Homerton High Street, London E9 6BE
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Abstract

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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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