The unique predisposition to criminal violations in frontotemporal dementia

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 318-323

  Mendez, Mario F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CRIMINALS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77956918958     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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