Social factors and forensic psychiatry in India

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 482-487

  Kallivayalil, Roy Abraham ^a   Trivedi, Jitendra Kumar ^b   Tripathi, Adarsh ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Civil law; Criminal law; Forensic psychiatry; Mental health legislation; Social factors

Indexed keywords

FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; INDIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OFFENDER; PRISONER; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

CRIMINAL LAW; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INDIA; INSANITY DEFENSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT RIGHTS; PRISONERS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS;

EID: 68949103724     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32832f56be     Document Type: Review

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