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Ethical Dimensions of Psychiatric Intervention in Terrorist and Hostage Situations: A Report of the APA Task Force on Terrorism and Its Victims

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.139.11.1529

The following report was approved for publication by the Board of Trustees at its June 25, 1982, meeting; it is not an official position statement. The task force hopes the report will be useful to psychiatrists who find themselves in situations involving terrorists or hostages.

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