Psychiatric Implications of Sensory Deprivation in a Maximum Security Prison
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Prison or Psychiatric Hospital?
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Psychiatric Association Journal
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0008-4824
DOI: 10.1177/070674376901400404