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Social Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Julian Leff
Julian Leff*
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MRC Social Psychiatry Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5
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People working in the field of social psychiatry concern themselves with social factors which may affect the onset, duration or outcome of psychiatric disorders. This concern encompasses the full range of psychiatric conditions and virtually every aspect of the structure of society, so that in this short review we can only attempt to convey the flavour of the subject and to highlight some salient contributions.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 132 , Issue 5 , May 1978 , pp. 516 - 517
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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