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The Mental Health Review Tribunal and the restricted patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Herschel Prins
Herschel Prins*
Affiliation:
Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice, Loughborough University, Leicestershire LE11 3TU; and lay member (Trent Region) and Chairman (1992–1996), National MHRT Training Group
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Correspondence: 1 Home Close Road, Houghton-on-Hill, Leicestershire LE7 9GT
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Abstract

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Some recent criticisms of Mental Health Review Tribunal practices are reviewed against the background of concerns about public protection.

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Risk Assessment
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , February 1997 , pp. 102 - 104
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Copyright © 1997 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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