Psychiatric morbidity in prisoners and solitary cellular confinement, II: Special ('strip') cells

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 320-340

  Coid, Jeremy W ^a   Petruckevitch, Ann ^a   Bebbington, Paul ^b   Jenkins, Rachel ^c   Brugha, Traolach ^d   Lewis, Glyn ^e   Farrell, Michael ^c   Singleton, Nicola ^f  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f ONS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mentally disordered prisoners; Prisoner vulnerability; Solitary confinement; Strip cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARSON; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL CRIME; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0142057218     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478994031000095501     Document Type: Article

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