Good Lives sexual offender treatment for mentally disordered offenders

The British Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 153-168

  Gannon, Theresa A ^a,b   King, Tracy ^a,b   Miles, Helen ^a,b   Lockerbie, Lona ^a,b   Willis, Gwenda M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b Kent Forensic Psychiatry Services   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Good Lives model; Medical treatment; Patients; Rehabilitation; Sexual offenders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DELUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPATHY; FANTASY; HUMAN; INTIMACY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84858804531     PISSN: 14636646     EISSN: 20428340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636641111157805     Document Type: Article

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