An evaluation of a new low-secure service, the High Dependency Network, in the North-West

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 696-709

  Shaw, Jennifer ^a   Silver, Amy ^b   Pearson, Anna ^c   Amos, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c The Langdale Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High Dependency Network; Low security; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STANDARD; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033379690     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189908402169     Document Type: Article

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