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Strategies to reduce social exclusion for people with mental health problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Liz Sayce
Affiliation:
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Health Action Zone, London
Laurence Measey*
Affiliation:
Rehabilitation and Social Psychiatry, The Caludon Centre, Clifford Bridge Road, Walsgrave, Coventry CV2 2TE
*
Correspondence
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