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Rural mental health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Alain Gregoire*
Affiliation:
Salisbury Health Care and Southampton University, Old Manor Hospital Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 7ER
Graham Thornicroft
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
Correspondence
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