In this Review, we summarise evidence on the association between different mental
disorders and violence, with emphasis on high quality designs and replicated findings …

Importance Key outcomes for persons with psychiatric disorders include subjection to
violence and perpetration of violence. The occurrence of these outcomes and their …

Background Depression increases the risk of a range of adverse outcomes including
suicide, premature mortality, and self-harm, but associations with violent crime remain …

The possibility of a causal link between major mental disorders (MMDs) and violence has
been the matter of a debate for decades in psychiatry. Just as a consensus seemed to …

Importance Absolute and relative risks of violence are increased in patients with psychotic
disorders, but the contribution of triggers for violent acts to these risks is uncertain. Objective …

Background Current approaches to stratify patients with psychiatric disorders into groups on
the basis of violence risk are limited by inconsistency, variable accuracy, and unscalability …

Purpose A general consensus exists that severe mental illness (SMI) increases violence
risk. However, a recent report claimed that SMI “alone was not statistically related to future …

Context The relationship between mental illness and violence has a significant effect on
mental health policy, clinical practice, and public opinion about the dangerousness of …

Objective: To conduct a critical review of the literature on the matter of mental illness and
violence, to examine whether there is enough evidence to establish a causal link, and to …

Background Calls for increased funding for mental health services require many lines of
evidence in support, including estimates of economic impact. One understudied source of …