Empirical evidence of a relationship between insight and risk of violence in the mentally ill - A review of the literature

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 414-423

  Bjørkly, Stål ^a  

^a MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Empirical evidence; Insight; Mentally ill; Risk; Violence

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33744938958     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2006.01.006     Document Type: Review

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