The investigation of acting on delusions as a tool for risk assessment in the mentally disordered

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue SUPPL. 32, 1997, Pages 12-16

  Buchanan, Alec ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIME; DELUSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; FORECASTING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL CONTROL;

DELUSIONS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030951793     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/s0007125000298668     Document Type: Conference Paper

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