Psychiatric disorders and aggression in the printed media: Is there a link? A central European perspective

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nawka, Alexander ^a   Rukavina, Tea V ^b   Nawková, Lucie ^a   Jovanović, Nikolina ^c   Brborović, Ognjen ^b   Raboch, Jiří ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; OFFENDER; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLICATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLOVAKIA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VICTIM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE; AUTOMUTILATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; MAGAZINE; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL PATIENT; SOCIAL STIGMA;

AGGRESSION; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINALS; CZECH REPUBLIC; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEWSPAPERS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SLOVAKIA; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84857978875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-19     Document Type: Article

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