Characteristics of persons with severe mental illness who have been incarcerated for murder

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-86

  Matejkowski, Jason C ^a,b   Cullen, Sara W ^a   Solomon, Phyllis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; PRISON; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COMORBIDITY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INDIANA; INSANITY DEFENSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; PRISONERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RAGE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 42149164920     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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