The Responsibility of the Psychiatrist
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human relationships, delinquency and the like, date essentially from World War II. Amongst the many valuable lessons learnt by the service psychiatrist during those war years, perhaps the two hardest for him to accept were the dangers of "over-selling" psychiatry; and his role with, and responsibility towards, not only his patient but also the community of which the patient, and the psychiatrist, form part.
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