People with learning disabilities in a low secure in-patient unit: Comparison of offenders and non-offenders

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 185, Issue DEC., 2004, Pages 499-504

  Reed, Suzie ^a,b   Russell, Ailsa ^a   Xenitidis, Kiriakos ^a   Murphy, Declan G M ^a  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CRIME; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 10444278045     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.185.6.499     Document Type: Article

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