Assessment and management of dangerous and severe personality disorders

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 501-506

  Völlm, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Dangerous; Offending; Personality disorder; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; LAMOTRIGINE; MOOD STABILIZER; OLANZAPINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PRISONERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 68949144807     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32832c9cdc     Document Type: Review

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