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Creating Mental Illness in Non-Disordered Community Populations

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Horwitz, A.V. (2007). Creating Mental Illness in Non-Disordered Community Populations. In: Kincaid, H., McKitrick, J. (eds) Establishing Medical Reality. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 90. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-5216-2_9

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