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Dual diagnosis of severe mental illness and substance misuse: A case for specialist services?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Sonia Johnson*
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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University College London Medical School, Wolfson Building, 48 Riding House Street, London WIN 8AA. Fax: 0171 288 3411
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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