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The management of released hostages

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Keron Fletcher
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Hostage situations differ greatly – in the aims and goals of the hostage-takers, the frequency and intensity of maltreatment, the type and quality of conditions, the duration of captivity, and the processes by which they are ultimately resolved and concluded. Although there is a paucity of research-based data about hostage reactions, clinical management, and outcome, there are general descriptive accounts in the medical and popular literature. A number of key texts are highlighted in the references, and examples of different conditions are briefly summarised in Box 1.

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Research Article
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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 2 , Issue 6 , November 1996 , pp. 232 - 240
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1996 

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