Taking cognizance of mental illness in schizophrenics and its association with crime and substance-related diagnoses

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 111-117

  Munkner, R ^a,b,c   Haastrup, S ^a   Jorgensen T ^a   Andreasen, A H ^a   Kramp, P ^b  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Justitsministeriet   (Denmark)

^c Department of Neuropediatrics   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Crime; Diagnosis; Epidemiological factors; Forensic psychiatry; Jurisprudence; MeSH terms; Schizophrenia; Substance related disorders; Time factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIME; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; REGISTER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; COHORT STUDIES; CRIME; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0037311191     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2003.02122.x     Document Type: Article

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