Psychiatric morbidity among convicted male sex offenders at Kamiti Prison, Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 151-155

  Kanyanya, I M ^a   Othieno, C J ^a   Ndetei, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; KENYA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EROTICA; HUMANS; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS; KENYA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPHILIAS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX OFFENSES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34547458205     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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