Is there a need for elderly forensic psychiatric services?

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 154-160

  Nnatu, I O ^a   Mahomed, F ^b   Shah, A ^a  

^a WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Hounslow Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; COURT; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; OFFENDER; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; SEXUAL CRIME; WELLBEING;

EID: 18844415285     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.45.2.154     Document Type: Article

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