Psychiatric morbidity in children remanded to prison custody - A pilot study

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 681-689

  Dimond, Claire ^a   Misch, P ^b  

^a SOUTH WEST LONDON AND ST GEORGE'S MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCT DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PRISON; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; DEPRESSION; PILOT STUDY; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CONDUCT DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036885611     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.2002.0513     Document Type: Article

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