Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 135-141 , March 2010

Perpetrators of homicide with schizophrenia: sociodemographic characteristics and clinical factors in the eastern region of Turkey

  • Hasan Belli

      Affiliations

    • Bagcilar Education And Research Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Bağcılar Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi, Bağcılar/ Istanbul, Turkey. Tel.: +90 212 440 40 00; fax: +90 212 440 40 02.
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  • Adnan Ozcetin

      Affiliations

    • Düzce University Düzce Medical Faculty Department of Psychiatry, Düzce, Turkey
    • ,
  • Umit Ertem

      Affiliations

    • Elazıg Mental Health Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Elazıg, Turkey
    • ,
  • Emel Tuyluoglu

      Affiliations

    • Elazıg Mental Health Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Elazıg, Turkey
    • ,
  • Mustafa Namli

      Affiliations

    • Elazıg Mental Health Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Elazıg, Turkey
    • ,
  • Yılmaz Bayik

      Affiliations

    • Elazıg Mental Health Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Elazıg, Turkey
    • ,
  • Düzgün Simsek

      Affiliations

    • Elazıg Mental Health Hospital Department of Psychiatry, Elazıg, Turkey

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2009.03.006

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 135-141 , March 2010

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