Major mental disorders and criminal violence in a Danish birth cohort

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 494-500

  Brennan, Patricia A ^a   Mednick, Sarnoff A ^b,c   Hodgins, Sheilagh ^d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PERSONALITY DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0034055785     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.57.5.494     Document Type: Article

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