Public policies on psychiatric disability have increasingly centred on community care as an alternative to hospital-ization. In the process, those most in need are being neglected.
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Weller, M. Mental illness — who cares?. Nature 339, 249–252 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/339249a0
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