‘Serious mental illness’ - The language of moral panic

Targeting in Mental Health Services: A Multi-Disciplinary Challenge

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 75-96

  Spence, William ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315192628-4     Document Type: Chapter

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