Psychological characteristics as correlates of emotional burden in incarcerated offenders in Nigeria

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 545-552

  Fatoye, F O ^a   Fatoye, G K ^b   Oyebanji, A O ^c   Ogunro, A S ^c  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITALS COMPLEX   (Nigeria)

^c Nigeria Prisons Hospital Service   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846657666     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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