Psychiatric morbidity among sentenced prisoners: prevalence study in Iran
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Psychiatric morbidity among sentenced prisoners: prevalence study in Iran.
BACKGROUND Information on psychiatric morbidity of prisoners has almost entirely been based on research in Western countries and it is uncertain whether these research findings are applicable to other settings. AIMS The primary objective was to investigate the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Iranian prisoners. METHOD Through stratified random sampling, 351 prisoners were interviewed ...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.188.2.159