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Psychological treatment outcomes in routine NHS services: a commentary on Stiles et al. (2007)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2007

D. M. Clark*
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College London, London, UK
C. G. Fairburn
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
S. Wessely
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College London, London, UK
*
*Address for correspondence: Professor D. M. Clark, Department of Psychology, Henry Wellcome Building (PO 77), Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK. (Email: d.clark@iop.kcl.ac.uk)

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