title: The management of psychopathic offenders.
abstract: The concept of psychopathic disorders has persisted in mental health legislation despite doubts as to its validity as a diagnosis and its treatability. There is a need for careful selection of those psychopathic offenders most likely to respond to medical treatment in hospital and to admit them under the appropriate section of the Mental Health Act.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Psychiatry, University of London.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003134:Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003415:Crime; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D011330:Prisons; D011379:Prognosis; D013222:State Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006113:United Kingdom