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Psychiatry and the Politics of the Underclass

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Philip Thomas*
Affiliation:
Academic Sub-department of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine
Marius Romme
Affiliation:
Section of Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, University of Limburg, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Jacobus Hamelijnck
Affiliation:
Hergest Unit, Ysbyty Gwynedd
*
Dr P. Thomas, Department of Psychological Medicine, Hergest Unit, Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor LL57 2PW, Wales
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Copyright © 1996 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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