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Appropriate Use of a Defense of Extreme Emotional Distress

William Lugo-Sanchez, Hal S. Wortzel and Richard Martinez
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online September 2013, 41 (3) 461-463;
William Lugo-Sanchez
Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
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vol. 41 no. 3 461-463

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  • Published online September 19, 2013.

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  1. William Lugo-Sanchez, MD
  1. Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
  1. Hal S. Wortzel, MD
  1. Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology
    Faculty, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
    VISN 19 MIRECC, Denver Veterans Hospital
  1. Richard Martinez, MD, MH
  1. Robert D. Miller Professor of Psychiatry and Law
    Director, Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship
  2. Division of Forensic Psychiatry
    Department of Psychiatry
    University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine
    Denver Health Medical Center
    Denver, CO

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