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Professional and service-user perceptions of self-help in primary care mental health services

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Professional and service-user perceptions of self-help in primary care mental health services. / Pratt, Rebekah; Halliday, Emma; Maxwell, Margaret.
In: Health and Social Care in the Community, Vol. 17, No. 2, 03.2009, p. 209-215.

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Pratt, R, Halliday, E & Maxwell, M 2009, 'Professional and service-user perceptions of self-help in primary care mental health services', Health and Social Care in the Community, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 209-215. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00819.x

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Pratt, R., Halliday, E., & Maxwell, M. (2009). Professional and service-user perceptions of self-help in primary care mental health services. Health and Social Care in the Community, 17(2), 209-215. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00819.x

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Pratt R, Halliday E, Maxwell M. Professional and service-user perceptions of self-help in primary care mental health services. Health and Social Care in the Community. 2009 Mar;17(2):209-215. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2008.00819.x

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Pratt, Rebekah ; Halliday, Emma ; Maxwell, Margaret. / Professional and service-user perceptions of self-help in primary care mental health services. In: Health and Social Care in the Community. 2009 ; Vol. 17, No. 2. pp. 209-215.

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