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Relief of Diazepam — Withdrawal Syndrome by Shoplifting

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Jeremy Coid
Jeremy Coid*
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The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 145 , Issue 5 , November 1984 , pp. 552 - 554
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Copyright © 1984 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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