Mortality among mentally disordered offenders: A community based follow-up study

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-96

  Björk, Tabita ^a   Lindqvist, Per ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CRIME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; OFFENDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REHABILITATION CENTER; SAMPLE SIZE; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, STATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRISONERS; REGISTRIES; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 24044443588     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.41     Document Type: Article

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