Psychopathic disorders and the criminal law in Switzerland

The International Handbook on Psychopathic Disorders and the Law: Diagnosis and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 229-242

  Graf, Marc ^a   Dittmann, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mental disorders definition; Mentally disordered offenders; Personality disorder diagnosis; Primary substance abuse problem; Psychotic disorders and similar mental conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889375017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470516157.ch50     Document Type: Chapter

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