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Aggression and violence in severe mental illness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

M. Soyka
M. Soyka*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Hospital, University of Munich, Nußbaumstr, 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 173 , Issue 2 , August 1998 , pp. 182
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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