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Old age psychiatry and mental handicap

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

N. Pearson  and
J. Smithies
J. Smithies
Affiliation:
Alderney Hospital, Poole BH12 4NB
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We report on the first two years of a novel, controversial approach in East Dorset where consultants in old age psychiatry have taken on the consultant responsibility for patients who have mental handicap. We discuss our experience as it may be of interest to others where there are problems recruiting consultants in the psychiatry of mental handicap.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 16 , Issue 6 , June 1992 , pp. 338 - 339
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1992
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