Quantifying psychological victimization: Scientific uncertainty, legal necessity

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 201-214

  Beahrs, John O ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISABILITY; EGO; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; VICTIM;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0031825858     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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