Greek police officers' attitudes towards the mentally ill

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 77-85

  Psarra, Vassiliki ^a   Sestrini, Margarita ^a   Santa, Zoe ^a   Petsas, Dimitrios ^a   Gerontas, Alexander ^a   Garnetas, Christos ^a   Kontis, Konstantinos ^a  

^a Psychiatric Hospital of Attika Dafni   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLICE; STIGMA; TRAINING; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 38349166407     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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