Mental disorder in federal offenders: A Canadian prevalence study

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 339-356

  Brink, Johann H ^a,c   Doherty, Diana ^b   Boer, Alexandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Correctional Services of Canada ^*  (Canada)

^c Regional Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; AGORAPHOBIA; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CANADA; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHODOLOGY; OBSESSION; OFFENDER; PANIC; PHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOMATIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034896943     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(01)00071-1     Document Type: Article

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