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The medicalisation of misery: A critical realist analysis of the concept of depression

DAVID PILGRIM, RICHARD BENTALL Queen s Park Hospital, Blackburn, Lancashire & 2University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Pages 261-274 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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