Assessing presidential stalkers and assassins

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-164

  Phillips, Robert T M ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b US Secret Service   (United States)

^c Forensic Consultation Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DELUSION; EROTOMANIA; GOVERNMENT; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; OBSESSION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; STALKING;

ATTENTION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746075578     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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