Characteristics of homicide offenders with Schizophrenia from the Russian Federation

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 232-237

  Golenkov, Andrei ^a   Large, Matthew ^b   Nielssen, Olav ^c   Tsymbalova, Alla ^d  

^a CHUVASH STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Department of Judicial Psychiatric Examination Republic Psychiatric Hospital ^*  (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Homicide; Homicide recidivism; Multiple homicide; Psychosis; Russia (Chuvashia); Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CHUVASH REPUBLIC; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LEGAL PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; OFFENDER; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONTROL; STAB WOUND; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUSSIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054867712     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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