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Court diversion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Raymond F. Travers
Affiliation:
Scott Clinic Rainhill Road, St Helens, Merseyside WA9 5DR
Clare J. Brabbins
Affiliation:
Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Prescot Street, Liverpool L7 8PX
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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