A review of recent academic literature on the characteristics of patients in British special hospitals

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 296-314

  Williams, Paul ^a   Badger, Doug ^b   Nursten, Jean ^b   Woodward, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; OFFENDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 0033399904     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.328     Document Type: Review

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