Usefulness of the CANFOR-S for measuring needs among mentally disordered offenders resident in medium or low secure hospital services in the UK: A pilot evaluation

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-48

  Long, Clive G ^a   Webster, Paula ^a   Waine, Jo ^a   Motala, Jamilah ^a   Hollin, Clive R ^b  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CAMBERWELL ASSESSMENT OF NEEDS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OFFENDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PILOT STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY; EVALUATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MENTAL PATIENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 42949157934     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.676     Document Type: Article

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