An evaluation of the Psychache Scale on an offender population

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 570-580

  Mills, Jeremy F ^a,b   Green, Kate ^b,c   Reddon, John R ^d  

^a Bath Institution   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Kingston Penitentiary   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA HOSPITAL EDMONTON   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PSYCHACHE SCALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CRIME; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MOOD DISORDERS; PRISONERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 27744469667     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 03630234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2005.35.5.570     Document Type: Article

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