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A second exile: the mental health implications of detention of asylum seekers in the UK

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Christina Pourgourides
Christina Pourgourides*
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Academic Unit, North Birmingham Mental Health Trust Fentham Road, Erdington, Birmingham B23 6AL
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 11 , November 1997 , pp. 673 - 674
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