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Sweeney, A., Fahmy, S., Nolan, F. , Morant, N., Fox, Z., Lloyd-Evans, B., Osborn, D., Burgess, E., Gilburt, H., McCabe, R. ORCID: 0000-0003-2041-7383, Slade, M. & Johnson, S.view all authors Correction: The Relationship between Therapeutic Alliance and Service User Satisfaction in Mental Health Inpatient Wards and Crisis House Alternatives: A Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS ONE, 9(10), article number e110097. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110097