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Methods for reducing alcohol and drug related family harm in non-specialist settings

Alex Copello, Jim Orford, Richard Velleman, Lorna Templeton, Mya Krishnan School of Psychology, The University of Birmingham, Northern Birmingham Mental Heath NHS Trust; School of Psychology, The University of Birmingham, 1Northern Birmingham Mental Heath NHS Trust; Avon and Western Wiltshire Mental Health Care Trust & 2University of Bath, Bath UK
Pages 329-343 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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