Mental illness in people who kill strangers: Longitudinal study and national clinical survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7442, 2004, Pages 734-737

  Shaw, Jenny ^a   Amos, Tim ^a   Hunt, Isabelle M ^a   Flynn, Sandra ^a   Turnbull, Pauline ^a   Kapur, Navneet ^a   Appleby, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM; VICTIM;

EID: 1642525289     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7442.734     Document Type: Review

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