Shame on Britain's Psychiatric Service


	Shame on Britain's Psychiatric Service

abailart

6-29-2008 3:27 AM

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abailart says:

It is disgraceful.

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6-29-2008 6:55 AM

Socratoad

The moral/ethical fibre of a nation should be judged on how it treats the most vulnerable of its citizens

6-29-2008 11:23 AM

carrerinyes

It's a sad, sad situation.

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