Elephants, bushes, hot porridge… and clinical intuition?

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Elephants, bushes, hot porridge… and clinical intuition? / Lindén, M; Braude, H D; Herlofson, J; Nordgaard, J; Kelly, R E; Eberhard, J.

In: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 78, No. 3, 2024, p. 163-164.

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Harvard

Lindén, M, Braude, HD, Herlofson, J, Nordgaard, J, Kelly, RE & Eberhard, J 2024, 'Elephants, bushes, hot porridge… and clinical intuition?', Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. 163-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2023.2283476

APA

Lindén, M., Braude, H. D., Herlofson, J., Nordgaard, J., Kelly, R. E., & Eberhard, J. (2024). Elephants, bushes, hot porridge… and clinical intuition? Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, 78(3), 163-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2023.2283476

Vancouver

Lindén M, Braude HD, Herlofson J, Nordgaard J, Kelly RE, Eberhard J. Elephants, bushes, hot porridge… and clinical intuition? Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 2024;78(3):163-164. https://doi.org/10.1080/08039488.2023.2283476

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Lindén, M ; Braude, H D ; Herlofson, J ; Nordgaard, J ; Kelly, R E ; Eberhard, J. / Elephants, bushes, hot porridge… and clinical intuition?. In: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 2024 ; Vol. 78, No. 3. pp. 163-164.

Bibtex

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