What is the role of intertextuality in media depictions of mental illness? Implications for forensic psychiatry

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 243-250

  Nairn, Raymond ^a,c   Coverdale, John H ^a,b   Claasen, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT RIGHT; PHOTOGRAPHY; STEREOTYPY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33846168080     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.13.2.243     Document Type: Article

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