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This paper examines the concept of social network as a mediating construct linking psychiatric epidemiology and community mental health. A selective review of studies investigating the structural and interactional features of the social networks of psychiatrically impaired persons is presented and the implications of their results are discussed. It is concluded that social networks provide a unifying framework potentially capable of linking empirical research with clinical practice.
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Llamas, R., Pattison, E.M. & Hurd, G. Social networks: A link between psychiatric epidemiology and community mental health. International Journal of Family Therapy 3, 180–192 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00923974
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