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Community beds: the future for mental health care?

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Davies, S., Presilla, B., Strathdee, G. et al. Community beds: the future for mental health care?. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 29, 241–243 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00802045

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