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The author ofThe Irish and Irish Politicians, he has focused his recent work on middle-class adolescents and youth, emphasizing various mental health issues from the perspective of psychiatric sociology.
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Levine, E.M. Deprogramming without tears. Society 17, 34–38 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02694629
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