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Chapter 24 - Mental Health in Offenders and Prison Populations

from Section 2 - Clinical Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2018

By
Richard Byng  and
Andrew Forrester
Edited by
Linda Gask ,
Tony Kendrick ,
Robert Peveler  and
Carolyn A. Chew-Graham
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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Primary Care Mental Health , pp. 343 - 352
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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