A study of geriatric forensic evaluees: Who are the violent elderly?

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 324-332

  Lewis, Catherine F ^a,b   Fields, Cynthia ^b   Rainey, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PARANOIA; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH CAROLINA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33845979065     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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