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Community mental health teams: evidence or belief?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

G. Thornicroft ,
T. Becker ,
F. Holloway ,
S. Johnson ,
M. Leese ,
P. McCrone ,
G. Szmukler ,
R. Taylor  and
T. Wykes
G. Thornicroft*
Affiliation:
Section of Community Psychiatry (PRiSM), Institute of Psychiatry, London
T. Becker
Affiliation:
Section of Community Psychiatry (PRiSM), Institute of Psychiatry, London
F. Holloway
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London
S. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences, University College London Medical School, London
M. Leese
Affiliation:
Section of Community Psychiatry (PRiSM), Institute of Psychiatry, London
P. McCrone
Affiliation:
Section of Community Psychiatry (PRiSM), Institute of Psychiatry, London
G. Szmukler
Affiliation:
Maudsley Hospital, London
R. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London
T. Wykes
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
Professor Graham Thornicroft, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF. Tel: 0171-919 2610; Fax: 0171-277 1462
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 175 , Issue 6 , December 1999 , pp. 508 - 513
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Copyright © 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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†

See pp. 501–507, this issue.

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