Severe mental illness and risk of sexual offending in men: A case-control study based on Swedish national registers

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 588-596

  Fazel, Seena ^a,b   Sjöstedt, Gabrielle ^a   Långström, Niklas ^a   Grann, Martin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PHOBIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEXUAL CRIME; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN;

EID: 34247541574     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v68n0415     Document Type: Article

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