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Suicide prevention and ‘The Health of the Nation’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

H. G. Morgan*
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Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Mental Health, University of Bristol, St Michael's Hill, Bristol BS2 8DZ
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In setting out a health strategy for England the White Paper, The Health of the Nation includes mental illness as one of its five key areas for action. Within mental health three targets are set out.

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