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. 2020 Apr;113(4):136-139.
doi: 10.1177/0141076819899315.

Exploring depression through literature and art

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Exploring depression through literature and art

Chira Mustafa et al. J R Soc Med. 2020 Apr.
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Figure 1.
Wheatfield with Crows (1890), Vincent van Gogh.
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Melancholy (1894–96), Edvard Munch.
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Melancholy (1874), Edgar Degas.

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