Diagnoses among committed and detained psychiatric patients in Denmark

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 459-468

  Poulsen, Henrik Day ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DETENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0031468094     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(97)00022-8     Document Type: Article

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