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Chapter 6 - Diagnosis and Classification of Mental Illness

A View from Primary Care

from Section 1 - Conceptual Basis and Overarching Themes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2018

Linda Gask
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
Tony Kendrick
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
Robert Peveler
Affiliation:
University of Southampton
Carolyn A. Chew-Graham
Affiliation:
Keele University
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