The place of culture in forensic psychiatry

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 98-102

  Kirmayer, Laurence J ^a,c   Rousseau, Cécile ^a   Lashley, Myrna ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JOHN ABBOTT COLLEGE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUNISHMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPY; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INSANITY DEFENSE; LANGUAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; PREJUDICE; QUEBEC; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 34247507086     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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