Dangerous severe personality disorder: beyond the ethical boundary of psychiatry?

Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 52-55

  Wootton, Lisa ^a,b   Fahy, Tom ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b the DSPD programme Conflicts of interest: none declared   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethics; severe personality disorder

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOEDUCATION; REVIEW; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33846562437     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mppsy.2006.12.001     Document Type: Review

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