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A survey of risk assessment skills and training among health professionals in Pakistan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Rameez Zafar ,
Khurram T. Sadiq  and
Sylvia A. Khan
Rameez Zafar
Affiliation:
Peter Hodgkinson Centre, Lincoln, UK, email zafarrameez@hotmail.com
Khurram T. Sadiq
Affiliation:
Forensic Psychiatry, Francis Willis Unit, Lincoln, UK
Sylvia A. Khan
Affiliation:
Manthorpe Centre, Grantham, UK
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Abstract

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Over the past two decades, psychiatric services have evolved globally and generally there has been a gradual transition from hospital-based practice to a more community-based approach. The stigma associated with psychiatry has somehow diminished and society in general can now relate better to this field of medicine.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , April 2008 , pp. 41 - 43
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2008

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