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The Use of Higher-Dose Antipsychotic Medication

Comment on the Royal College of Psychiatrists' consensus statement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John M. Kane*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hillside Hospital, Glen Oaks, NY 11004, USA
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Copyright © 1994 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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