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Violence on psychiatric in-patient units: what can be done?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Zerrin Atakan
Zerrin Atakan*
Affiliation:
West Lambeth Community Care Trust, South Western Hospital, Pulross Road, Stockwell, London SW9 8EA
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 10 , October 1995 , pp. 593 - 596
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