Mental disorders in prisons

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 463-466

  Abdalla Filho, Elias ^a,b   De Souza, Patricia A ^b   Tramontina, Juliana F ^c   Taborda, José Gv ^c  

^a Legal Medicine Institute of Brasilia   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

criminality; drug use; mental disorder; prison

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POLICY; PRISONER; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STIGMA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PUBLIC POLICY; SEX FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77955466761     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e32833bb32f     Document Type: Review

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