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Book Title: Creating Mental Illness
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Allan V. Horwitz
Publication Name: Creating Mental Illness
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2003
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 316 Pages
