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Psychiatric Assessment at the Magistrates' Court

Early intervention is needed in the remand process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Philip L. A. Joseph
Philip L. A. Joseph*
Affiliation:
Paterson Wing, St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 164 , Issue 6 , June 1994 , pp. 722 - 724
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Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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