Studies of birth cohorts show evidence of greater risk of violence among patients with schizophrenia compared to the general population. However, the contribution of …
How do we understand mental health problems in their social context? A former BMA Medical Book of the Year award winner, this book provides a sociological analysis of major …
Crime is an expensive aspect of society, and each year huge amounts of public money are spent on the courts, police, probation services, and prisons, while the human costs in terms …
M Large, G Smith, O Nielssen - Schizophrenia research, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: It is widely believed that the rate of homicides by the mentally ill is fixed, differs little between regions and is unrelated to the total homicide rate. METHODS: We …
C Winsper, R Ganapathy, S Marwaha… - Acta Psychiatrica …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective The F irst E pisode of P sychosis (FEP) represents a period of heightened risk for aggression. However, it is not known whether this risk is significantly altered following …
BackgroundAggression and violence are serious problems in schizophrenia. Cognitive– behavioural therapy (CBT) has been shown to be an effective treatment for psychosis …
OB Nielssen, BD Westmore… - Medical journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To review homicides committed during psychotic illness in New South Wales over 10 years from 1993 to 2002. Design and setting: Case series of all known homicides …
Background: We aimed to review the evidence for an association between the first episode of psychosis and violence and to consider the possible explanations for this association and …
VA Minero, E Barker, R Bedford - Aggression and violent behavior, 2017 - Elsevier
There is limited research that has examined offense characteristics in homicides committed by individuals with mental illness and with differing psychiatric diagnoses. The aim of this …