GP referrals to adult psychological services: A research agenda for promoting needs-led practice through the involvement of mental health clinicians

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-91

  Ross, Helen ^a   Hardy, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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