Admission of mentally disordered offenders to specialized forensic care in fifteen European Union member states

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 336-342

  Salize, Hans Joachim ^a   Dressing, Harald ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forensic incidence; Forensic prevalence; Forensic psychiatric care; Mentally ill offenders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DETENTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OFFENDER; PREVALENCE;

CRIME; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ADMISSION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33947412730     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0159-2     Document Type: Article

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