Mental disorders detected in an Irish prison sample

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-183

  Smith, Charles ^a,c   O'Neill, Helen ^a   Tobin, John ^a   Walshe, David ^a   Dooley, Enda ^b  

^a Eastern Health Board   (Ireland)

^b Department of Justice ^*  (Ireland)

^c Central Mental Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSIS;

EID: 0030017464     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.85     Document Type: Article

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