Violence and severe mental disorder in clinical and community populations: The effects of psychotic symptoms, comorbidity, and lack of treatment

Psychiatry (New York)

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-22

  Swanson, Jeffrey ^a   Estroff, Sue ^b   Swartz, Marvin ^a   Borum, Randy ^a,c   Lachicotte, William ^b   Zimmer, Catherine ^d   Wagner, Ryan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030915060     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/00332747.1997.11024781     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd ed. APA, 1980.
2. Appelbaum, P. Almost a Revolution: Mental Health Law and the Limits of Change. Oxford University Press, 1994.
3. Benjamin, L. S. Structural analysis of differentiation failure. Psychiatry (1979) 42:1-23.
4. Benjamin, L. S. Principles of prediction using structural analysis of social behavior. In R. A. Zucker, J. Aronoff, and A. Rabin, eds., Personality and the Prediction of Behavior. Academic Press, 1983.
5. Borum, R., Swartz, M., and Swanson, J. Assessing and managing violence risk in clinical practice. Journal of Practical Psychiatry and Behavioral Health (1996) 2:205-15.
6. Casper, E. S., and Pastva, G. Admission histories, patterns, and subgroups of the heavy users of a state psychiatric hospital. Psychiatric Quarterly (1990) 61:121-35.
7. Dohrenwend, B., and Shrout, P. E. Toward the development of a two-stage procedure for case identification and classification in psychiatric epidemiology. In R. Simmons, ed., Research in Community and Mental Health, Vol 2. JAI Press, 1981.
8. Drake, R. E., Mueser, K. T., Clark, R. E., and Wallach, M. A. The course, treatment, and outcome of substance disorder in persons with severe mental illness. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (1996) 66(1):42-51.
9. Eaton, W. W. and Kessler, L. G., eds. Epidemiological Field Methods in Psychiatry: The National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study. Academic Press, 1985.
10. Estroff, S. E., and Zimmer, C. Social networks, social support, and violence among persons with severe, persistent mental illness. In J. Monahan and H. Steadman, eds., Violence and Mental Disorder: Developments in Risk Assessment. University of Chicago Press, 1994.
11. Estroff, S. E., Zimmer, C., Lachicotte, W. S., and Benoit, J. The influence of social networks and social support on violence by persons with serious mental illness. Hospital and Community Psychiatry (1994) 45:669-79.
12. Fleiss, J. L., Williams, J. B., and Dubro, A. F. The logistic regression analysis of psychiatric data. Journal of Psychiatric Research (1986) 20(3): 145–209.
13. Hiday, V. A. The social context of mental illness and violence. Journal of Health and Social Behavior (1995) 36:122-37.
14. Hollingshead, A., and Redlich, F. Social Class and Mental Illness. John Wiley and Sons, 1958.
15. Holzer, C. E., Spitznagel, E., Jordan, K. B., et al. Sampling the household population. In W. W. Eaton and L. G. Kessler, eds., Epidemiological Field Methods in Psychiatry: The National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study. Academic Press, 1985.
16. Holzer, C. E., Shea, B. M., Swanson, J. W., Leaf, P. J., Myers, J. K., George, L., Weissman, M. M., and Bednarski, P. The increased risk for specific psychiatric disorders among persons of low socioeconomic status: Evidence from the National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study. American Journal of Social Psychiatry (1986) 6:259-71.
17. Hosmer, D. W., and Lemeshow, S. Applied Logistic Regression. John Wiley and Sons, 1989.
18. Kent, S., Fogarty, M., and Yellowlees, P. A review of studies of heavy users of psychiatric services. Psychiatric Services (1995) 46(12):1247-53.
19. Leaf, P. J., Myers, J. K., and McEvoy, L. T. Procedures used in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study. In L. N. Robins and D. A. Regier, eds., Psychiatric Disorders in America: The Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study. Free Press, 1991.
20. Linaker, O. M., and Busch Iverson, H. Predictors of imminent violence in psychiatric inpatients. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (1995) 92:250-54.
21. Link, B. G., Andrews, H., and Cullen, F. T. The violent and illegal behavior of mental patients reconsidered. American Sociological Review (1992) 57:275-92.
22. Link, B. G., and Stueve, C. A. Psychotic symptoms and the violent/illegal behavior of mental patients compared to community controls. In J. Monahan and H. Steadman, eds., Violence and Mental Disorder: Developments in Risk Assessment. University of Chicago Press, 1994.
23. Marzuk, P. M. Violence, crime, and mental illness: How strong a link? Archives of General Psychiatry (1996) 53:481-86.
24. McGraw, B. D., Farthing-Capowich, D., and Keilitz, I. The “guilty but mentally ill” plea and verdict: Current state of knowledge. Villanova Law Review (1985) 30:117-91.
25. McNeil, D. E., and Binder, R. L. The relationship between acute psychiatric symptoms, diagnosis, and short-term risk of violence. Hospital and Community Psychiatry (1994) 45(2): 133–37.
26. Miller, R. D. The criminalisation of the mentally ill: Does dangerousness take precedence over need for treatment? Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health (1993) 3(4);241-5Q
27. Monahan, J. Mental disorder and violent behavior. American Psychologist (1992) 47:511-21.
28. Monahan, J. and Steadman, H. Violence and Mental Disorder: Developments in Risk Assessment. University of Chicago Press, 1994.
29. Mulvey, E. Assessing the evidence of a link between mental illness and violence. Hospital and Community Psychiatry (1994) 45:663-68.
30. Mulvey, E., Gardner, W., Lidz, C. W., Graus, J., and Shaw, E. C. Symptomatology and violence among mental patients. Unpublished Manuscript, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
31. Owen, R. O., Fischer, E. P., Booth, B. M., and Cuffel, B. J. Medication noncompliance and substance abuse among patients with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services (1996) 47:853-58.
32. Robins, L. N., and Regier, D. A. eds. Psychiatric Disorders in America: The Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study. Free Press, 1991.
33. Robins, L. N., Helzer, J. E., Croughan, J., and Ratcliff, K. S. National Institute of Mental Health Diagnostic Interview Schedule: Its history, characteristics, and validity. Archives of General Psychiatry (1981) 38:381-89.
34. SAS Institute, Inc. The Logistic Procedure. SAS Technical Report P-200. SAS Institute, 1990.
35. Swanson, J. W. Alcohol abuse, mental disorder, and violent behavior: An epidemiologic inquiry. Alcohol Health and Research World (1993) 17:123-32.
36. Swanson, J. W. Mental disorder, substance abuse, and community violence: An epidemiological approach. In J. Monahan and H. Steadman, eds., Violence and Mental Disorder: Developments in Risk Assessment. University of Chicago Press, 1994.
37. Swanson, J. W., Borum, R., Swartz, M. S., and Monahan, J. Psychotic symptoms and disorders and the risk of violent behavior. Criminal Behavior and Mental Health (1996) 6:317-338.
38. Swanson, J. W., Holzer, C. E., Ganju, V. K., and Jono, R. T. Violence and psychiatric disorder in the community: Evidence from the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Surveys. Hospital and Community Psychiatry (1990) 41:761-70.