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Mental health and the asylum process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Niall Crumlish  and
Pat Bracken
Niall Crumlish*
Affiliation:
St. James's Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland
Pat Bracken
Affiliation:
Bantry General Hospital, Cork, Ieland
*
*Correspondence Email: [email protected]
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Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , June 2011 , pp. 57 - 60
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