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Victorian women and insanity. 1980

E Showalter

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006113 United Kingdom Country in northwestern Europe including Great Britain and the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland, located between the North Sea and north Atlantic Ocean. The capital is London. Great Britain,Isle of Man
D001523 Mental Disorders Psychiatric illness or diseases manifested by breakdowns in the adaptational process expressed primarily as abnormalities of thought, feeling, and behavior producing either distress or impairment of function. Mental Illness,Psychiatric Diseases,Psychiatric Disorders,Psychiatric Illness,Behavior Disorders,Diagnosis, Psychiatric,Mental Disorders, Severe,Psychiatric Diagnosis,Illness, Mental,Mental Disorder,Mental Disorder, Severe,Mental Illnesses,Psychiatric Disease,Psychiatric Disorder,Psychiatric Illnesses,Severe Mental Disorder,Severe Mental Disorders
D049711 History, Modern 1601- The period of history from 1601 of the common era to the present. History, Modern,Modern History,History of Medicine, Modern,Medicine, Modern,Modern History (Medicine),Modern Medicine,1601- History, Modern,History, Modern (Medicine),History, Modern 1601,Modern 1601- History

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