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The achievements of community psychiatry – a commentary and some reflections from Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 October 2014

G. N. Meadows*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Southern Clinical School at Monash Health, Monash University and School of Global and Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Dandenong, Australia.
*
Address for correspondence: G. N. Meadows, Southern Synergy, Department of Psychiatry, Southern Clinical School at Monash Health, Monash University and School of Global and Population Health, The University of Melbourne; Dandenong Hospital, 126–128 Cleeland St, Dandenong VIC 3175, Australia. (Email: Graham.Meadows@monash.edu)

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