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Out-patient ECT for depression in a man with moderate learning disability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Spyros Karvounis
Affiliation:
Mental Handicap Unit, Goldie Leigh, Lodge Hill, Abbey Wood, London SE2 0AY
Geraldine Holt
Affiliation:
Mental Handicap Unit, Goldie Leigh, Lodge Hill, Abbey Wood, London SE2 0AY
Andrew Hodgkiss
Affiliation:
Mental Handicap Unit, Goldie Leigh, Lodge Hill, Abbey Wood, London SE2 0AY
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Copyright © 1992 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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