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American Psychiatry Should Join the Call to Abolish Solitary Confinement

Kenneth L. Appelbaum
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online December 2015, 43 (4) 406-415;
Kenneth L. Appelbaum
Dr. Appelbaum is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Correctional Mental Health Policy and Research, Center for Health Policy and Research, Commonwealth Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.
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vol. 43 no. 4 406-415
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26668217

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1093-6793
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  • Published online December 14, 2015.

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  1. Kenneth L. Appelbaum, MD
  1. Dr. Appelbaum is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Director, Correctional Mental Health Policy and Research, Center for Health Policy and Research, Commonwealth Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.
  1. Address correspondence to: Kenneth L. Appelbaum, MD, Center for Health Policy and Research, 333 South Street, 13E483, Shrewsbury, MA 01545. E-mail: kenneth.appelbaum{at}umassmed.edu.

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