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Befriending: cost-effective community care
Year of publication: 1989Author: Kingdon D G; Turkington, D; Collis, J; Judd, M
Journal: The Psychiatrist, 13: 350-351
Summary: An article detailing a volunteer befriending scheme set up for users of psychiatric services who, because of problems of loneliness, present with symptoms of anxiety or depression. The scheme was found to be successful and outlines the key ways in which it was beneficial.
Link to article: http://pb.rcpsych.org/cgi/reprint/13/7/350.pdf
