Self-harm and aggression in dangerous and severely personality disordered patients of a high-security hospital

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 150-154

  Daffern, Michael ^a,b,c   Howells, Kevin ^a,b  

^a RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggression; Hospital; Personality disorder; Self harm

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449336378     PISSN: 13218719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13218710802471156     Document Type: Article

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