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The General Practice Research Unit at the Institute of Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Greg Wilkinson
Greg Wilkinson*
Affiliation:
General Practice Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London
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1Address for correspondence: Dr G. Wilkinson, General Practice Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF.
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The General Practice Research Unit (GPRU) was established at the Institute of Psychiatry in the late 1950s, under the honorary directorship of Professor Michael Shepherd. For 30 years it has been staffed by medically qualified workers and social scientists supported, at various times, by the Nuffield Foundation, the Mental Health Research Fund, and the Department of Health and Social Security, as well as by university monies.

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Research Report
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Psychological Medicine , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , August 1989 , pp. 787 - 790
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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