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Commentary: Reconsideration of the insanity defense and related issues in the aftermath of the hinckley trial

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  1. New York Medical College, USA

    Abraham L. Halpern M.D. (Clinical Professor of Psychiatry)

  2. United Hospital, 10573, Port Chester, N.Y.

    Abraham L. Halpern M.D. (Clinical Professor of Psychiatry)

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Halpern, A.L. Commentary: Reconsideration of the insanity defense and related issues in the aftermath of the hinckley trial. Psych Quart 54, 260–264 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01064822

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