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Sorting out the confusion in psychiatric day care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Andrew S. Horne*
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90 Baronshill A venue Linlithgow, West Lothian
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1984

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