The New York Times (January 19, 1992) Maitland McDonagh interviews leaders in the psychiatric community to record their capsule thoughts of Barbra Streisand's character Dr. Lowenstein in her movie The Prince of Tides
The New York Times (January 19, 1992) Maitland McDonagh interviews leaders in the psychiatric community to record their capsule thoughts of Barbra Streisand's character Dr. Lowenstein in her movie The Prince of Tides
The New York Times (January 19, 1992) Maitland McDonagh interviews leaders in the psychiatric community to record their capsule thoughts of Barbra Streisand's character Dr. Lowenstein in her movie The Prince of Tides
Psychiatrists
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