Women referred for medium secure inpatient care: A population study over a six-year period

Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-26

  Long, Clive ^a   Hall, Louise ^a   Craig, Lorraine ^a   Mochty, Ursula ^a   Hollin, Clive R ^b  

^a St Andrews   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

forensic; medium secure; risk; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011458744     PISSN: 17426464     EISSN: 17442206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742646410000099     Document Type: Article

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