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Lack of Adequate Mental Health Treatment for Prisoners Constitutes Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Laura McCabe and Richard L. Frierson
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online June 2021, 49 (2) 257-260; DOI: https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210040-21
Laura McCabe
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vol. 49 no. 2 257-260
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https://doi.org/10.29158/JAAPL.210040-21

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1093-6793
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  • Published online June 15, 2021.

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  1. Laura McCabe, MD
  1. Fellow in Forensic Psychiatry
  1. Richard L. Frierson, MD
  1. Alexander G. Donald Professor of Psychiatry
  2. Department of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science
    University of South Carolina School of Medicine
    Columbia, South Carolina

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