Inmate suicide and time spent in special disciplinary housing in New York State prison

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 558-560

  Way, Bruce B ^a,b   Sawyer, Donald A ^a,b   Barboza, Sharen ^a,b   Nash, Robin ^a,b  

^a MANHATTAN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRISON; PRISONER; REVIEW; SUICIDE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247379937     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2007.58.4.558     Document Type: Review

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