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Stephen Shannon1, Eric Roche1, Kevin Madigan1

  • 1Mr. Shannon, Dr. Feeney, and Prof. Murphy are with the Department of Psychiatry, and Mr. Madigan is with the Institute of Leadership, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin (e-mail: stshanno@gmail.com ). Mr. Shannon is also with the Mental Health Commission, Dublin, where Dr. Devitt is affiliated. Dr. Feeney and Mr. Madigan are also with Cluain Mhuire Mental Health Service, where Dr. Roche and Dr. Dolan are affiliated. Dr. Renwick is with the Department of Health Service and Population Research, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London. Dr. O'Donoghue is with Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. A poster reporting results of this study was presented at the European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry, Ghent, Belgium, October 23-26, 2013. An oral presentation of this study was delivered at the European Psychiatric Association's epidemiology and social psychiatry section meeting, Ulm, Germany, May 21-24, 2014.

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