A non-randomised controlled trial of the R&R2MHP cognitive skills program in high risk male offenders with severe mental illness

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  C Y Yip, Vivienne ^a,b   Gudjonsson, Gisli H ^a,b   Perkins, Derek ^b   Doidge, Amie ^b   Hopkin, Gareth ^b   Young, Susan ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BROADMOOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive skills; Mentally disordered offenders; Reasoning Rehabilitation; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OFFENDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKILL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; AGGRESSION; COGNITION; FEMALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ATTITUDE; COGNITION; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886587166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-267     Document Type: Article

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