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Mental disorder is a generic term which includes mental illness and mental handicap. It encompasses a heterogeneous collection of conditions which probably present one of the major health and social problems of today’s society. It is only recently that the subject has emerged from the dark shadows of ignorance and superstition into the harsh light of scientific scrutiny.
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Donaldson, R.J., Donaldson, L.J. (1983). Mentally disordered people. In: Essential Community Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6249-4_7
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