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The Dominant Matriarch Syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

A. H. Clarke
A. H. Clarke*
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Sheffield
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This is a clearly recognizable complex of internal family relationships which lies behind, and is an integral part of, the illness presentation pattern of one or more of the individual family members. It may explain many of the emotional problems experienced by children which are noted by either the School Doctors or the Child Guidance Clinics. It is routine procedure in such cases to interview the mother of the affected child, but it is not the practice to see any older generation. Only the family doctor is in a position to see the three generation complex involved.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 113 , Issue 503 , October 1967 , pp. 1069 - 1071
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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