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The discharge of mentally disordered people and their continuing care in the community

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Nigel Fisher
Nigel Fisher*
Affiliation:
Merton Services, Pathfinder Community and Specialist Mental Health Services, Springfield Hospital, 61 Glenburnie Road, London SW17 7DJ
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 8 , August 1994 , pp. 453 - 456
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