Revalidating the brief jail mental health screen to increase accuracy for women

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1598-1601

  Steadman, Henry J ^a   Robbins, Pamela Clark ^a   Islam, Tariqul ^a   Osher, Fred C ^b  

^a Policy Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^b Health Systems and Health Services Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRISON; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS;

EID: 38049038485     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2007.58.12.1598     Document Type: Article

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