Detecting the dangerous, violent or criminal patient: An analysis of referrals to maximum security psychiatric care

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-26

  Pimm, J ^a   Stewart, M E ^b   Lawrie, S M ^b   Thomson, L D G ^b  

^a CHASE FARM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LAW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; OFFENDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE; CRIME; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIME; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORTHERN IRELAND; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1542715875     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.44.1.19     Document Type: Article

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