RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Co-Occurring Mental Disorders Among Criminal Offenders
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 271
OP 281
VO 18
IS 3
A1 Côté, Gilles
A1 Hodgins, Sheilagh
YR 1990
UL http://jaapl.org/content/18/3/271.abstract
AB Many convicted offenders suffer from major mental disorders. These offenders commit crimes with great frequency. They do not receive mental health care and are often found in isolation cells of correctional facilities. The present investigation examined lifetime multiple disorders, measured by the DIS, among a representative sample of male penitentiary inmates. Pure forms of the major mental disorders were rare. All possible combinations of the major disorders were found to exist. No patterns of groupings of disorders were evident.