Coping with mental illness in prisons

Family and Community Health

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 54-66

  Lovell, David ^a   Jemelka, Ron ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Washington Institute for Mental Health Research and Training   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal justice; Mental illness; Prisoners; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005400950     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-199810000-00007     Document Type: Article

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