Amnesia and crime

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 469-480

  Bourget, Dominique ^a,b   Whitehurst, Laurie ^c  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Canada)

^b ROYAL OTTAWA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; AUTOMATISM; CRIME; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATION; DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLEEP DISORDER;

AMNESIA; CRIME; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; ONTARIO; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 38049026847     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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