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Mental health and ethnicity: an Irish dimension

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Patrick J. Bracken ,
Liam Greenslade ,
Barney Griffin  and
Marcelino Smyth
Patrick J. Bracken*
Affiliation:
Department of Social and Economic Studies, University of Bradford
Liam Greenslade
Affiliation:
Liverpool Irish Centre, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool
Barney Griffin
Affiliation:
Birmingham Irish Mental Health Forum, Ladywood, Birmingham
Marcelino Smyth
Affiliation:
Northern Birmingham Mental Health Trust, Birmingham
*
Patrick J. Bracken. Consultant Psychiatrist/Senior Research Fellow. Department of Social and Economic Studies. University of Bradford, Richmond Building, Bradford BD7 IDP
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 172 , Issue 2 , February 1998 , pp. 103 - 105
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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