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Social work and the primary care of mental disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Michael Shepherd*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
B. G. Harwin
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
C. Depla
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
Victoria Cairns
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
1Address for correspondence: Professor Michael Shepherd, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF.

Synopsis

An account is given of the role of an attached social worker to a primary care team in the management of chronic neurotic illness in the community. The medico-social implications of the findings are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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