Civil commitment outcomes of incompetent defendants

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 349-358

  Levitt, Gwen A ^a   Vora, Illa ^a   Tyler, Kelly ^a   Arenzon, Liliane ^a   Drachman, David ^b   Ramos, Gilbert ^b  

^a Maricopa Integrated Health System and Maricopa County Superior Court ^*

^b Maricopa Integrated Health Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL CAPACITY; OFFENDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ARIZONA; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL COMPETENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREJUDICE;

EID: 77956911291     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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