A multinational case-control study comparing forensic and non-forensic patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: the EU-VIORMED project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between schizophrenia and violence is complex. The aim of this multicentre case-control study was to examine and compare the characteristics of a group of forensic psychiatric patients with a schizophrenia spectrum disorders and a history of significant interpersonal violence to a group of patients with the same diagnosis but no lifetime history of interpersonal violence.

Method

Overall, 398 patients (221 forensic and 177 non-forensic patients) were recruited across five European Countries (Italy, Germany, Poland, Austria and the United Kingdom) and assessed using a multidimensional standardised process.

Results

The most common primary diagnosis in both groups was schizophrenia (76.4%), but forensic patients more often met criteria for a co

SUBMITTER: de Girolamo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10106295 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature