The influence of personality traits such as psychopathy on detained patients using the NHS complaints procedure in forensic settings

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 955-965

  Dolan, Mairead ^a   Millington, James ^a  

^a GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medium security; NHS complaints; Personality; Psychopathy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037137008     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(01)00204-5     Document Type: Article

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