Insight into illness and adherence to psychotropic medications are separately associated with violence severity in a forensic sample

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 86-96

  Alia Klein, Nelly ^a   O'Rourke, Thomas M ^b   Goldstein, Rita Z ^a   Malaspina, Dolores ^c  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Aggression; Insight; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Violence

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRISON; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRISONS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33846516267     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20170     Document Type: Article

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