Self-deception and other-deception among admissions to a maximum security hospital and a medium secure unit

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-31

  Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a   Moore, Estelle ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic background; Mental illness; Other deception; Personality disorder; Self deception

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035528717     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10683160108401780     Document Type: Article

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