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Depression

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Toral Thomas MBBCh
Foundation Years Journal, volume 1, issue 5, p.240 (123Doc Education, London, September 2007)

Abstract

RS is a 28 year old woman who has come to your GP practice with concerns about poor sleep and reduced appetite for the past month. She works as a copywriter for an advertising agency and is having relationship difficulties with her partner. She has noticed that she struggles to concentrate at work and frequently finds herself crying at the smallest provocation.

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Authors

Toral Thomas MBBCh (Corresponding author)

Specialist Trainee Psych
c/o The George Mackenzie Unit
Fulbourn Hospital
Cambridge Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB21 5EF

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