Psychological distress and psychiatric morbidity in women prisoners

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 461-470

  Hurley, William ^a   Dunne, Michael P ^b  

^a Brisbane Correctional Centre ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG ABUSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PRISONER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUEENSLAND; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026316076     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679109064439     Document Type: Article

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