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Chapter 20 - Physical Health of People with Mental Illness

from Section 2 - Clinical Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2018

By
Richard Holt ,
David Shiers  and
Robert Peveler
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. 277 - 299
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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Academy of Royal Medical Colleges (2016) Improving the Physical Health of Adults with Severe Mental Illness: Essential Actions. A report of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and the Royal Colleges of General Practitioners, Nursing, Pathologists, Psychiatrists, Physicians, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Public Health England. www.rcpsych.ac.uk/files/pdfversion/OP100.pdfGoogle Scholar
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