Hot beds of forensic psychiatry: Psychiatric intensive care units within medium security
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1742-6464,1744-2206
DOI: 10.1017/s174264640800126x