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Original Article

Validation of Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS) in a population of people using Secondary Care Mental Health Services

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Pages 323-329 | Received 15 Jul 2015, Accepted 01 Nov 2015, Published online: 28 Jan 2016

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