Research issues in forensic psychiatry

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 511-515

  Van Marle, Hjalmar ^a   Van Der Kroft, Petra ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Forensic psychiatry; Offender groups; Risk assessment; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; CRIMINAL LAW; DISABLED PERSON; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PSYCHOPATHY; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE;

CRIME; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 34548420617     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32826fb345     Document Type: Review

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