Psychiatric defenses to criminal offenses

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 559-563

  Scarano, Victor R ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COURT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DECISION MAKING; EVALUATION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY;

EID: 0034782901     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200111000-00013     Document Type: Review

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