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Australia needs a mental health commission

Alan Rosen Comprehensive Area Service Psychiatrists Group, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Patrick McGorry ORYGEN Youth Health (incorporating EPPIC) and Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
,
Grace Groom Mental Health Council of Australia, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Ian Hickie Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, ACT, Australia
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Roger Gurr Policy Committee, Comprehensive Area Service Psychiatrists Group, Sydney, ACT, Australia
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Barbara Hocking SANE Australia, Melboume, Vic., Australia
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Margaret Leggatt World Fellowship for Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
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Anne Deveson Patron of SANE Australia, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Keith Wilson Mental Health Council of Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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Douglas Holmes Sydney, NSW, Australia
,
Vivienne Miller Sydney, NSW, Australia
,
Lynne Dunbar Comprehensive Area Service Psychiatrists Group, Sydney, NSW, Australia
&
Fiona Stanley Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth, Perth, WA, Australia
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Pages 213-219 | Published online: 16 Sep 2009

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