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Nick Maguire
Dr Nick Maguire is a chartered clinical psychologist at the University of Southampton
December 2011
Second thoughts
Tackling homelessness requires a more psychological focus
Nick Maguire
We need to examine psychologically why people become homeless, rather than just a providing housing or medication
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