The treatability of psychopathic disorder: How clinicians decide

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 710-719

  Berry, Adrian ^a   Duggan, Conor ^b   Larkin, Emmet ^a  

^a RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Admission; Motivation; Psychopathic disorder; Special Hospital; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0033399999     PISSN: 09585184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585189908402170     Document Type: Article

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