Prevalence of mental disorder in remand prisoners: Consecutive case study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7071, 1996, Pages 1521-1524

  Birmingham, Luke ^a   Mason, Debbie ^a   Grubin, Don ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PRISONER; SCREENING;

EID: 0030459178     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7071.1521     Document Type: Article

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