Forensic aspects in people with intellectual disabilities

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 486-491

  Chaplin, Edward H ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anger treatment; Criminal justice system; Fire setting; Intellectual disabilities; Service outcomes; Sex offending

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ANGER; ARSON; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERT WITNESS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; THEFT; WITNESS;

CRIME; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTAL RETARDATION; PRISONERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746780692     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.yco.0000238475.07078.08     Document Type: Review

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