Victimization of the severely mentally ill in Greece: The extent of the problem

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 706-715

  Katsikidou, Magdalini ^a   Samakouri, Maria ^a   Fotiadou, Maria ^b   Arvaniti, Aikaterini ^a   Vorvolakos, Theofanis ^a   Xenitidis, Kiriakos ^b   Livaditis, Miltos ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assault threat; delinquent act; discrimination; financial crime; Severe mental illness; victimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT/THREAT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRIME VICTIM; DELINQUENT ACT; DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL CRIME; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK; SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THEFT; VICTIMIZATION; VIOLENCE;

ASSAULT/THREAT; DELINQUENT ACT; DISCRIMINATION; FINANCIAL CRIME; SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS; VICTIMIZATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENTS; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THEFT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84886438490     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764012448782     Document Type: Article

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