Childhood trauma, psychiatric disorders, and criminal behavior in prisoners in Germany: A comparative study in incarcerated women and men

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1486-1492

  Driessen, Martin ^a   Schroeder, Tina ^a   Widmann, Bernhard ^a   Von Schönfeld, Carl Ernst ^a   Schneider, Frank ^b  

^a EVANGELISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 33751237677     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v67n1001     Document Type: Article

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