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title: "Violence in Civil Psychiatric Patients: Mad, Bad, or Both?"
description: "Violence in Civil Psychiatric Patients: Mad, Bad, or Both?"
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# [Violence in Civil Psychiatric Patients: Mad, Bad, or Both?](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/translating-research-into-practice-blog/violence-in-civil-psychiatric-patients-mad-bad-or-both/)

 Written by [Amanda Beltrani](https://paloaltou.edu/resources/translating-research-into-practice-blog/author/amanda-beltrani) | Feb 14, 2020 10:34:00 AM

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