Mental health clinicians' attitudes about reporting threats against the President

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 832-836

  Coggins, Margaret H ^a   Steadman, Henry J ^b   Veysey, Bonita M ^b  

^a US Secret Service   (United States)

^b Policy Research Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029789910     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.47.8.832     Document Type: Article

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