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Commentary: the AMA report on the insanity defense in criminal trials

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, United Hospital, 10573, Port Chester, NY

    Abraham L. Halpern M.D. (Chairman)

  2. New York Medical College, USA

    Abraham L. Halpern M.D. (Chairman)

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Halpern, A.L. Commentary: the AMA report on the insanity defense in criminal trials. Psych Quart 56, 236–238 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065015

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