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Psychotherapy and learning disability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Philip Dodd  and
Maria McGinnity
Philip Dodd
Affiliation:
Psychiatry of Learning Disability, Stewarts Hospital Services Ltd, Palmerstown Dublin 20, Ireland
Maria McGinnity
Affiliation:
Muckamore Abbey Hospital, 1 Abbey Road, Muckamore, Antrim, BT41 4SH, Northern Ireland
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 2003 , pp. 38 - 40
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