Docbate: A National Medical Student Debate

Affiliations

¹ South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. roxanne.keynejad@kcl.ac.uk.
² South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
³ South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK.
⁵ Leeds Institute for Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
⁶ MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
⁷ Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
⁸ Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Portadown, UK.
⁹ Worcester Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcester, UK.

Roxanne C Keynejad et al. Acad Psychiatry. 2017 Dec.

. 2017 Dec;41(6):839-841.

doi: 10.1007/s40596-017-0697-1. Epub 2017 Mar 17.

¹ South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. roxanne.keynejad@kcl.ac.uk.
² South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust, London, UK.
³ South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK.
⁵ Leeds Institute for Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
⁶ MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
⁷ Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
⁸ Southern Health and Social Care Trust, Portadown, UK.
⁹ Worcester Health and Care NHS Trust, Worcester, UK.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

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