Dangerous severe personality disorders: England's experiment in using psychiatry for public protection

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 397-399

  Appelbaum, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONALITY DISORDER; REVIEW; SAFETY; UNITED KINGDOM;

LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES;

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ENGLAND; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 16344374863     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.4.397     Document Type: Review

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