Prisons: Mental health institutions of the 21st century?

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 302-303

  White, Paul ^a   Whiteford, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS;

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDITORIAL; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION;

EID: 33749477329     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00581.x     Document Type: Editorial

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