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Psychiatry: Is Our Hour Up?

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“Enough,” he shouted at his analyst. “Enough psychiatrists! I can’t stand it any longer. When I graduated from residency 20 years ago, I thought I could help my patients, be a doctor, and be respected by my colleagues. Now I feel that I’ve wasted my life.”

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Hall, R.C.W. (1982). Psychiatry: Is Our Hour Up?. In: Hall, R.C.W. (eds) Psychiatry in Crisis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6687-4_1

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