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Comorbidity of mental disorders with substance misuse

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Wayne Hall  and
Michael Farrell
Wayne Hall*
Affiliation:
National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales
Michael Farrell
Affiliation:
Addiction Resource Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London
*
Professor Wayne Hall, National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2051, Australia
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 171 , Issue 1 , July 1997 , pp. 4 - 5
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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