Defining mental disorder when it really counts: DSM-IV-TR and SVP/SDP statutes

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-384

  Frances, Allen ^a,b   Sreenivasan, Shoba ^c,d,e   Weinberger, Linda E ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DSM IV Task Force and Expert Consensus Guideline Project

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COURT; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PEDOPHILIA; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOPATHY; PSYCHOSIS; RAPE; SAFETY; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL DEVIATION; STANDARDIZATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX OFFENSES;

EID: 54949118324     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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