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On racism and mental illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Kwame McKenzie
Kwame McKenzie*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , March 1999 , pp. 136 - 137
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