Forensic psychiatric assessments in practice: A blind study of different forensic psychiatrists' assessments of the same cases

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 331-337

  Belfrage, Henrik ^a,b,c   Lidberg, Lars ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Forensic Psychiatric Centre   (Sweden)

^c Research Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE;

EID: 0030450466     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.119     Document Type: Article

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