Neurocognitive deficits and psychiatric disorders in a NSW prison population

International Journal of Law and Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-26

  Kavanagh, Leila ^a   Rowe, Donald ^b   Hersch, Jolyn ^c   Barnett, Kylie J ^b   Reznik, Robert ^a  

^a JUSTICE HEALTH AND FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH NETWORK   (Australia)

^b Brain Resource Company   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Co morbid psychiatric disorders; Forensic mental health; IntegNeuro; Neurocognitive; Prison population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRISON; PRISONER; STRESS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PRISONERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049131524     PISSN: 01602527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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