Management of conditionally discharged patients and others who present similar risks in the community: Integrated or parallel?

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 583-596

  Snowden, Pete ^a   McKenna, John ^b   Jasper, Anne ^a  

^a GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b The Langdale Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High risk; Mentally disordered offenders; Models of community care; Restriction orders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MODEL; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033379688     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189908402161     Document Type: Article

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