Altered memory and affective instability in prisoners assessed for dangerous and severe personality disorder

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 190, Issue SUPPL. 49, 2007, Pages

  Kirkpatrick, Tim ^a   Joyce, Eileen ^b   Milton, John ^c   Duggan, Conor ^d   Tyrer, Peter ^e   Rogers, Robert D ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Arnold Lodge   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PRISONER; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; VERBAL MEMORY; VIOLENCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PRISONERS;

EID: 34248209715     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.190.5.s20     Document Type: Article

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