Dangerousness commitments: Indices of future violence potential?

Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Zeiss, Robert A ^a,c   Tanke, Elizabeth Decker ^b   Fenn, Howard H ^a   Yesavage, Jerome A ^a  

^a Vet Aff Palo Alto Hlth Care Syst ^*

^b Applied Decision Research   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MENTAL PATIENT; OFFENDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029934330     PISSN: 0091634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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