Persons with severe mental illness in jails and prisons: a review.
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چکیده
One of the greatest problems of deinstitutionalization has been the very large number of persons with severe mental illness who have entered the criminal justice system instead of the mental health system.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- New directions for mental health services
دوره 90 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1998