Risk assessment and management in psychiatric practice: Inferring predictors of risk. A view from learning disability

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 217-224

  Halstead, Simon ^a,b  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030838818     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540269775420     Document Type: Review

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