The ward atmosphere of single-sex wards in a maximum-security forensic psychiatric hospital in Sweden

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-241

  Brunt, David ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PEDOPHILIA; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PEDOPHILIA; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 40749097742     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840701869858     Document Type: Article

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