Prevalence of serious mental illness among jail inmates

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 761-765

  Steadman, Henry J ^a   Osher, Fred C ^b   Robbins, Pamela Clark ^a   Case, Brian ^a   Samuels, Steven ^a  

^a Policy Research Associates Inc   (United States)

^b Health Systems and Health Services Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BRIEF PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PRISONER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 66749093169     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.6.761     Document Type: Article

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