Psychiatric morbidity among sentenced male prisoners in Dubai: Transcultural perspectives

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 440-446

  Ghubash, Rafia ^a   El Rufaie, Omer ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Sentenced male prisoners; Substance misuse; Transcultural perspectives; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DUBAI; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0030777390     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189708412023     Document Type: Article

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