Substance dependence and schizophrenia in patients with dangerous, violent and criminal propensities: A comparison of co-morbid and non-co-morbid patients in a high-security setting

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 569-584

  Steele, Jon ^a   Darjee, Rajan ^b   Thomson, Lindsay D G ^b  

^a Orchard Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Offending; Schizophrenia; Substance dependence; Violence

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AKATHISIA; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANAMNESIS; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BRADYKINESIA; CASE STUDY; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG INTOXICATION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPILEPSY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THOUGHT DISORDER; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0842328705     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478994031000152727     Document Type: Article

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