What every clinician needs to know about juvenile firesetters

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1237-1238

  Slavkin, Michael L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARSON; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHORT SURVEY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONDUCT DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; FIRESETTING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 0036787354     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.53.10.1237     Document Type: Short Survey

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