Firearm Violence by the Mentally Ill: Mental Health Professionals' Perceptions and Practices

Violence and Gender

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 92-99

  Price, James H ^a   Khubchandani, Jagdish ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85014972115     PISSN: 23267836     EISSN: 23267852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vio.2015.0045     Document Type: Review

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