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Suicide in Depressed Patients: Medico-legal Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

R. J. Daly
R. J. Daly*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Regional Hospital, Cork, Republic of Ireland
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In psychiatry, the law, and economics, there are many areas of overlap where our knowledge and appreciation are growing and developing. Many doctors ‘understand the words but not the music’, and the same is true for the other professions involved. This is exemplified in relation to suicide.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 163 , Issue S20: The Economic Evaluation of Antidepressant Drug Therapy , July 1993 , pp. 29 - 32
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Copyright © 1993 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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