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Chapter 15 - Challenging Behaviour and the Use of Pharmacological Interventions

from Section 3 - Psychiatric and Behavioural Disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2019

Mark Scheepers
Affiliation:
2gether NHS Trust
Mike Kerr
Affiliation:
Cardiff University
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