A longitudinal study of prisoners on remand. Repeated measures of psychopathology in the initial phase of solitary versus nonsolitary confinement

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-177

  Andersen, Henrik Steen ^a,b,d   Sestoft, D ^b   Lillebaek T ^b   Gabrielsen, G ^c   Hemmingsen, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Justitsministeriet   (Denmark)

^c Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^d BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

DENMARK; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0037364789     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-2527(03)00015-3     Document Type: Article

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