Commentary: Is CIT today's lobotomy?

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 56-58

  Geller, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CRIMINAL LAW; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NOTE; POLICE; PRISON; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

CRISIS INTERVENTION; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; POLICE; PRISONERS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOSURGERY; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42149086516     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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