Temperament, substance use and psychopathology in a prisoner population: Implications for treatment

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 969-975

  Allnutt, Stephen ^a,b   Wedgwood, Lucinda ^a,b   Wilhelm, Kay ^a,b   Butler, Tony ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Justice Health Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Inmates; Substance use; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLONINGERS TEMPERAMENT AND CHARACTER INVENTORY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHARACTER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55049084784     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670802415350     Document Type: Article

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