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The future of forensic mental health services in Ireland

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Harry G Kennedy*
Affiliation:
National Forensic Mental Health Service, Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin 14, Ireland. Clinical Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychiatry, Academic Department of Psychiatry, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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