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Breaking Out of Procrustes' Bed—Services for Problem Drug Takers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Strang
John Strang*
Affiliation:
Regional Drug Dependence Unit, Prestwich Hospital, Manchester
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‘Procrustes was a robber of Attica, who placed all who fell into his hands upon an iron bed. If they were longer than the bed, he cut off the redundant part; if shorter, he stretched them till they fitted it. [Any attempt to reduce men to one standard, one way of thinking, or one way of acting, is called placing them on Procrustes' bed, and the person who makes the attempt is called Procrustes].’

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Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists , Volume 9 , Issue 8 , August 1985 , pp. 150 - 152
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