Mental disorder and clinical care in people convicted of homicide: National clinical survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7193, 1999, Pages 1240-1244

  Shaw, Jenny ^a   Appleby, Louis ^a   Amos, Tim ^a   McDonnell, Ros ^a   Harris, Catherine ^a   McCann, Kerry ^a   Kiernan, Katy ^a   Davies, Sue ^a   Bickley, Harriet ^a   Parsons, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OFFENDER; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033535778     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7193.1240     Document Type: Article

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