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How “normal” is the world we live in? Jon Ronson’s journey through some unexpected areas of modern psychiatry

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Pappová, P.K. How “normal” is the world we live in? Jon Ronson’s journey through some unexpected areas of modern psychiatry. Humaff 24, 584–588 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s13374-014-0251-8

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