Triggers for Violent Criminality in Patients With Psychotic Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

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

To examine whether a range of triggers for violent acts are associated with risks of violence in patients diagnosed with psychotic disorders and in individuals without a psychiatric diagnosis.

Design, setting, and participants

Using a sample of all individuals born in Sweden between 1958 and 1988 (N = 3 123 724), we identified patients in the National Patient Register who were diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (n = 34 903) and bipolar disorder (n = 29 692), as well as unaffected controls (n = 2 763 012). We then identified, within each subsample, persons who had exp

SUBMITTER: Sariaslan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5047356 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature