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Death threats to psychiatrists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Owen
John Owen*
Affiliation:
Mental Health, University of Bristol, 41 St Michael's Hill, Bristol BS2 8DZ
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Threats made by patients to harm, or even kill, their psychiatrists, may cause great stress to both the doctor and his or her family. This potential source of anxiety is seldom discussed by the profession and is a neglected area in the literature, perhaps indicating that denial is a common mechanism used to cope with any fear engendered by such threats.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , March 1992 , pp. 142 - 144
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992

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