Post-traumatic stress disorder caused in mentally disordered offenders by the committing of a serious violent or sexual offence

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-43

  Gray, Nicola S ^a,b   Carman, Nicole G ^c   Rogers, Paul ^a,b,c   MacCulloch, Malcolm J ^b,d   Hayward, Peter ^c   Snowden, Robert J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Glanrhyd Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impact of Events Scale (IES); Mentally disordered offenders; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; OFFENDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELAPSE; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0038700295     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478994031000074289     Document Type: Article

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