The reliability of evidence about psychiatric diagnosis after serious crime: Part II. Agreement between experts and treating practitioners

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 524-530

  Large, Matthew ^a   Nielssen, Olav ^a   Elliott, Gordon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSENSUS; CRIME; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CONSENSUS; CRIME; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PSYCHIATRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78650334329     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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