Threats to kill: A follow-up study

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 599-605

  Warren, L J ^a   Mullen, P E ^a,c   Thomas, S D M ^a   Ogloff, J R P ^a   Burgess, P M ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crime; Risk assessment; Threats; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THREAT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; VICTORIA; VIOLENCE;

EID: 40449141414     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170700181X     Document Type: Article

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