The Association of Violent Dangerous Behavior with Psychiatric Disorders: A Review of the Research Literature

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Abstract
Research literature upon the associations of violence with psychiatric disorders are reviewed. Studies are classified into four groups, including those concerning:(a) psychiatric disorders among criminal offenders, (b) violence of former psychiatric inpatients, (c) violence related to organic brain dysfunction, and (d) prediction of violence occurring among psychiatric patients. Considerable variability in rate and distribution of psychiatric disorders among criminal populations are indicated. A reversal of earlier research findings regarding relative rates of violence among patients and normals is discussed. Efforts to identify associations between organic cerebral damage and a propensity toward violence, and to cope with the general problem of the prediction of violence also are discussed.

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