Severe non-lethal violence during psychotic illness

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 466-472

  Yee, Natalia Y L ^c   Large, Matthew M ^a   Kemp, Richard I ^a   Nielssen, Olav B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

assault; first episode; psychosis; schizophrenia; violence

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; COMORBIDITY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CRIMINALS; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79955972268     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.541417     Document Type: Article

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