Ethnic differences in assessment and treatment of affective disorders in a jail population

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 23-32

  Paradis, Cheryl M ^a   Horn, Lucille ^a   Yang, Chien Ming ^b   O’rourke, Thomas ^a  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Jail population; Misdiagnosis; Psychiatric diagnosis; Psychiatric hospitals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937184250     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v28n03_02     Document Type: Article

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