Substance abuse and criminality

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 513-526

  Sinha, Rajita ^a   Easton, Caroline ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CANNABINOID; CANNABIS; COCAINE; COCAINE DERIVATIVE; CODEINE; DIAMORPHINE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; METHADONE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; LAW; MENTAL DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033428293     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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