Exclusion or concern: Lawyers' and community members' perceptions of legal coercion, dangerousness and mental illness

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-173

  Minster, Judith ^a   Knowles, Ann ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LAWYER; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIGNETTE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33846123300     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.13.2.166     Document Type: Article

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