RT Article
T1 Psychotic symptoms and disorders and the risk of violent behaviour in the community
JF Criminal behaviour and mental health
VO 6
IS 4
SP 309
OP 329
A1 Swanson, Jeffrey
A1 Borum, Randy
A1 Swartz, Marvin S.
A2 Borum, Randy
A2 Swartz, Marvin S.
LA English
YR 1996
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640111980
AB This study uses data from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) surveys to examine the strength of the association between psychotic symptoms and violent behaviour, controlling for underlying mental disorder, substance abuse, sociodemographic characteristics and use of mental health services, in a representative sample of community residents. A replication is conducted of a study that found an increased risk of violence associated with a particular cluster of psychotic symptoms involving perceived threat and internal control-override (TCO). Respondents who reported TCO symptoms were about twice as likely to engage in assaultive behaviour as those with hallucinations or other psychotic symptoms, and about five times as likely as those with no mental disorder. The combination of substance use disorders with TCO symptoms added significantly to the risk of violent behaviour. Those with a history of using mental health services also posed a higher risk of violence, probably due to the differential selection of more severely ill and "dangerous" individuals into treatment settings. Copyright Ř 1996 Whurr Publishers Ltd
K1 Psychisch Kranke
K1 Gewalttätigkeit