Vexatious litigants and unusually persistent complainants and petitioners: From querulous paranoia to querulous behaviour

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-349

  Mullen, Paul E ^a   Lester, Grant ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COURT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; JUSTICE; LAW SUIT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PARANOIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; THREAT; VIOLENCE; WHISTLEBLOWING;

COGNITION DISORDERS; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; PARANOID DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33745995451     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: 10990798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bsl.671     Document Type: Review

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