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Akathisia as a risk factor for suicide

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

L. Hansen  and
D. Kingdom
L. Hansen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal South Hants Hospital, Brintons Terrace, Southampton SO14 0YG, UK. E-mail: [email protected]
D. Kingdom
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Royal South Hants Hospital, Southampton, UK
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 188 , Issue 2 , February 2006 , pp. 192
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Copyright © 2006 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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