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Rural mental health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Alain Gregoire  and
Graham Thornicroft
Alain Gregoire*
Affiliation:
Salisbury Health Care and Southampton University, Old Manor Hospital Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 7ER
Graham Thornicroft
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
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∗Correspondence
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 5 , May 1998 , pp. 273 - 277
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