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Joint Statement of the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association Regarding the Insanity Defense

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.142.9.1135

Prepared by a working committee of the American Psychiatric Association1 and the American Medical Association. Approved by the APA Assembly Executive Committee on March 17, 1985; the APA Board of Trustees in April 1985; and the AMA Board of Trustees in April 1985.

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