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Quality of life in severe mental illness

Frank Holloway Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham, Kent, UK
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Jerome Carson Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London, SE5 8AZ, UK
Pages 175-184 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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