The interaction between individual characteristics and the function of aggression in forensic psychiatric inpatients

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-25

  Daffern, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Howells, Kevin ^b,c   Ogloff, James ^a,d  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34249977940     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/pplt.14.1.17     Document Type: Article

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