Treatment prospects for persons with severe mental illness in an urban county jail

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 782-786

  Lamb, H Richard ^a   Weinberger, Linda E ^a   Marsh, Jeffrey S ^b   Gross, Bruce H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Olive View Urgent Community Services Project for the Department

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL LAW; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRISON; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 34250896202     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2007.58.6.782     Document Type: Article

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