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General psychiatry in no-man's land

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Martin Deahl*
Affiliation:
St Bartholomew's, Hospital, London
Trevor Turner
Affiliation:
St Bartholomew's, Hospital, London
*
Dr Martin Deahl, Department of Psychological Medicine. St Bartholomew's Hospital, West Smithfield, London ECIA 7BE
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