More attention should be paid to schizophrenic patients with risk of violent offences

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 592-593

  Mendhekar, Dattatreya N ^a   Andrade, Chittaranjan ^b  

^a Neuropsychiatry and Headache Clinic   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ATTENTION; DELUSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VIOLENCE;

CHINA; CRIME; DELUSIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 68149152804     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01999.x     Document Type: Letter

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