The mental status examination in the age of the internet

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-26

  Recupero, Patricia R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77951851279     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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