Schizophrenia disorders, substance abuse and prior offending in a sequential series of 435 homicides

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 226-233

  Bennett, D J ^a   Ogloff, J R P ^b   Mullen, P E ^b,c   Thomas, S D M ^b   Wallace, C ^d   Short, T ^b  

^a Crime Department   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d St Vincent's Mental Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Homicide; Risk factors; Schizophrenia; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFANTICIDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OFFENDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY; COMORBIDITY; CRIMINALS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; POLICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 80051669707     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01731.x     Document Type: Article

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