Violence and schizophrenia: Two types of criminal offenders

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 153-165

  Steinert, Tilman ^a,b   Voellner, Anne ^a   Faust, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b Zentrum F Psychiatrie Die Weissenau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Premorbid adjustment; Schizophrenia; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANAMNESIS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELINQUENCY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OFFENDER; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031696882     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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