Gender differences in jail inmates' symptoms of mental illness, treatment history and treatment seeking

Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-206

  Drapalski, Amy L ^a   Youman, Kerstin ^a   Stuewig, Jeff ^a   Tangney, June ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE NEED; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM; HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PRISONERS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70249150780     PISSN: 09579664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbm.733     Document Type: Article

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