Psychiatric disorders in aging prisoners

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 117-124

  Regan, Judith J ^a   Alderson, Ann ^b   Regan, William M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tennessee Mental Health Consumers Association   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Older adult incarceration; Psychiatric disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRISONER; SEXUAL CRIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036978765     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v26n01_10     Document Type: Article

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