Does 'isolation' cause jail suicides?

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 285-294

  Felthous, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PRISONER; REVIEW; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STAFF; SUICIDE;

HUMANS; PRISONS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031454365     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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