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Back to the Past in California: A Temporary Retreat to a Tarasoff Duty to Warn

Robert Weinstock, Gabor Vari, Gregory B. Leong and J. Arturo Silva
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2006, 34 (4) 523-528;
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vol. 34 no. 4 523-528
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17185483

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Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
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1093-6793
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  • Published online December 21, 2006.

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  1. Robert Weinstock, MD,
  2. Gabor Vari, MD,
  3. Gregory B. Leong, MD and
  4. J. Arturo Silva, MD
  1. Dr. Weinstock is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, and Dr. Vari is Resident in Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Weinstock is also Psychiatrist, Department of Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Leong is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, and Psychiatrist, Center for Forensic Sciences, Western State Hospital, Tacoma, WA. Dr. Silva is in private practice in San Jose, CA. The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the University of California, Department of Veterans Affairs, University of Washington, or Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.
  1. Address correspondence to: Robert Weinstock, MD, UCLA‐SPS, John Wooden Center West, 221 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095‐1556. E‐mail: rweinstock{at}earthlink.net

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