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Review of College guidelines on high-dose neuroleptic use in a psychiatric intensive care unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Hugh Jones ,
Rachel Jones  and
James V. Lucey
Hugh Jones*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Homerton Hospital, Homerton Row, London E9 6SR
James V. Lucey
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
*
∗Correspondence
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 10 , October 1998 , pp. 598 - 600
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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