Assessment and treatment of violence-prone forensic clients: An integrated approach

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 190, Issue SUPPL. 49, 2007, Pages

  Wong, Stephen C P ^a,b   Gordon, Audrey ^a,b   Gu, Deqiang ^a,b  

^a Regional Psychiatric Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY TEST; RECIDIVISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE; ADDICTION; CRIME; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CRIME; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34248154864     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.190.5.s66     Document Type: Article

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