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Prevention and treatment of impairment in doctors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Kay Wilhelm ,
Michael Diamond  and
Anthony Williams
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This paper will concentrate on some of the practical contributions that consultant psychiatrists can make in the prevention and treatment of psychiatric impairment in doctors. We will illustrate this with case material from programmes in which there has been a good deal of psychiatrist participation.

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Research Article
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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 3 , Issue 5 , September 1997 , pp. 267 - 274
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1997 

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