Military veterans with mental health problems: A protocol for a systematic review to identify whether they have an additional risk of contact with criminal justice systems compared with other veterans groups

Systematic Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Taylor, James ^a   Parkes, Tessa ^a   Haw, Sally ^a   Jepson, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Criminal justice; Mental health; Military; Offender; PTSD; Substance misuse; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; STUDY DESIGN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VETERAN; CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; LITERATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

CRIME; CRIMINAL LAW; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RESEARCH DESIGN; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84876168689     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20464053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-4053-1-53     Document Type: Article

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