Post-traumatic stress disorder in mentally ill perpetrators of homicide

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 66-75

  Papanastassiou, Maria ^a   Waldron, Gerard ^b   Boyle, John ^c   Chesterman, Laurence P ^d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Bexleyheath Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Full and partial PTSD; Homicide; Mental illness; Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIME; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VICTIM;

EID: 1542316343     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789940310001630419     Document Type: Article

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