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The Mental Health needs of the UK's Chinese children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

W. Cheng
Affiliation:
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust, email [email protected]
P. A. Tiffin
Affiliation:
Psychiatry of Adolescence, Durham University and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
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Sir: In 2005, the Department of Health for England set a five-year action plan, Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health Care. The aim was to encourage the development of services that were more appropriate and responsive to the needs of both adults and children in Black and minority ethnic communities.

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