Violent behaviour in schizophrenia: Retrospective study of four independent samples from Prague, 1949 to 2000

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 187, Issue NOV., 2005, Pages 426-430

  Vevera, Jan ^a,b   Hubbard, Alan ^b   Veselý, Arnošt ^b   Papežová, Hana ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 27544500147     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.187.5.426     Document Type: Article

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