Gang membership, violence, and psychiatric morbidity

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 985-993

  Coid, Jeremy W ^a   Ullrich, Simone ^a   Keers, Robert ^a   Bebbington, Paul ^a   DeStavola, Bianca L ^a   Kallis, Constantinos ^a   Yang, Min ^a   Reiss, David ^a   Jenkins, Rachel ^a   Donnelly, Peter ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GANG; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84883694885     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12091188     Document Type: Article

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