The clinical and risk characteristics of patients admitted to a secure hospital-based dangerous and severe personality disorder unit

British Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Sheldon, Kerry ^a   Krishnan, Gopi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RAMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dangerous; Psychopathy; Risk; Severe personality disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949322068     PISSN: 14636646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636646200900019     Document Type: Article

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