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Need for decriminalisation of suicide in low- and middle-income countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

A. Mukherjee  and
R. Bhandarkar
A. Mukherjee
Affiliation:
Old Oak Mental Health Recovery Team, West London Mental Health Trust, UK, email Amit.Mukherjee@nhs.net
R. Bhandarkar
Affiliation:
National Brain Injury Centre, St Andrews Healthcare, Northampton, UK
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International Psychiatry , Volume 11 , Issue 2 , May 2014 , pp. 50
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