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Investing in mental health research and development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Ilona Blue  and
Trudy Harpham
Ilona Blue*
Affiliation:
South Bank University, London
Trudy Harpham
Affiliation:
South Bank University, London
*
Ms Ilona Blue, South Bank University, School of Urban Development and Policy, Faculty of the Built Environment, 202 Wandsworth Road. London SW8 2JZ
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 172 , Issue 4 , April 1998 , pp. 294 - 295
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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