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‘Am I Mad?’: The Windham Case and Victorian Resistance to Psychiatry

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‘Am I Mad?’: The Windham Case and Victorian Resistance to Psychiatry. / Degerman, Dan.
In: History of Psychiatry, Vol. 30, No. 4, 01.12.2019, p. 457-468.

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Degerman, D 2019, '‘Am I Mad?’: The Windham Case and Victorian Resistance to Psychiatry', History of Psychiatry, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 457-468. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154X19867059

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Degerman, D. (2019). ‘Am I Mad?’: The Windham Case and Victorian Resistance to Psychiatry. History of Psychiatry, 30(4), 457-468. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957154X19867059

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Degerman D. ‘Am I Mad?’: The Windham Case and Victorian Resistance to Psychiatry. History of Psychiatry. 2019 Dec 1;30(4):457-468. Epub 2019 Aug 1. doi: 10.1177/0957154X19867059

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Degerman, Dan. / ‘Am I Mad?’ : The Windham Case and Victorian Resistance to Psychiatry. In: History of Psychiatry. 2019 ; Vol. 30, No. 4. pp. 457-468.

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