A national survey of self-injurious behavior in American prisons

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 285-290

  Appelbaum, Kenneth L ^a   Savageau, Judith A ^a   Trestman, Robert L ^b   Metzner, Jeffrey L ^c   Baillargeon, Jacques ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRISON; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953061601     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.3.pss6203_0285     Document Type: Article

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