Absolute and relative risk of violent victimisation and perpetration following onset of mental illness: a Danish register-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous research has suggested that people with severe mental illness are at elevated risk of both violence perpetration and violent victimisation, with risk of the latter being perhaps greater than the former. However, few studies have examined risk across both outcomes.

Methods

Using a total population approach, the absolute and relative risks of victimisation and perpetration were estimated for young men and women across the full psychiatric diagnostic spectrum. Information on mental disorder status was extracted from national registers and information on violent victimisation and perpetration outcomes from police records. The follow-up was from age 15 to a maximum of 31 years, with most of the person-time at risk pertaining to cohort members aged in their ear

SUBMITTER: Dean K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10769888 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature