Prisons as new asylums

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 583-587

  Konrad, Norbert ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Correctional psychiatry; Deinstitutionalization; Mentally ill offenders; Prisoners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL PATIENT; OFFENDER; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; PRIVACY; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0036845906     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200211000-00004     Document Type: Review

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