Managing criminal acts on the psychiatric ward: Understanding the police view

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 359-367

  Bayney, Richard ^a   Ikkos, George ^b  

^a WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Edgware Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COOPERATION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; POLICE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT;

EID: 0141453332     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.9.5.359     Document Type: Article

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