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Occupational therapy – the forgotten speciality within the community mental health team?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Denise Coia  and
Anne Joice
Denise Coia
Affiliation:
Florence Street Day Hospital, Glasgow
Anne Joice
Affiliation:
Florence Street Day Hospital, Glasgow
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From the plethora of articles examining the role of individual disciplines within the community mental health team, one discipline appears almost conspicious by its absence. How has occupational therapy become the forgotten speciality?

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 8 , August 1989 , pp. 420 - 421
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989

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