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Depression Among Lesbians:

An Invisible and Unresearched Phenomenon

Esther D. Rothblum PhD Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0134
Pages 67-87 | Published online: 23 Oct 2008

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