Aggressive behaviour, victimisation and crime among severely mentally ill patients requiring hospitalisation

Severe mental illness is associated with increased risk of aggressive behaviour, crime and victimization. Mental health policy does not acknowledge this evidence. The number of forensic beds has risen dramatically. To examine the prevalence of aggressive behaviour, victimization and criminality amon...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 2007-10, Vol.191 (4), p.343-350
Main Authors: Hodgins, Sheilagh, Alderton, Jane, Cree, Adrian, Aboud, Andrew, Mak, Timothy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aggression - psychology
Aggressive behavior
Aggressiveness
Alcohol
Antisocial personality disorder
Assaults
Beds
Behavior
Crime - prevention & control
Crime - psychology
Crime - statistics & numerical data
Crime Victims - psychology
Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data
Criminal records
Criminality
Evidence
Female
Forensic Psychiatry
Forensic science
Hospitalization
Hospitals, Urban
Humans
Inner cities
Inner city
Inpatient care
Interviews
Male
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental Disorders - therapy
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental health policy
Mental illness
Mentally ill people
Middle Aged
Murders & murder attempts
Patients
Prevalence
Psychiatry
Risk behavior
Risks
Schizophrenia
Severity
United Kingdom - epidemiology
Victimization
Violence - prevention & control
Violence - psychology
Violence - statistics & numerical data
Violent crime
Women
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Summary:Severe mental illness is associated with increased risk of aggressive behaviour, crime and victimization. Mental health policy does not acknowledge this evidence. The number of forensic beds has risen dramatically. To examine the prevalence of aggressive behaviour, victimization and criminality among people receiving in-patient treatment for severe mental illness in an inner-city area. Self-reports of aggressive behaviour and victimization and criminal records were collected for 205 in-patients with severe mental illness. In the preceding 6 months 49% of the men and 39% of the women had engaged in aggressive behaviour and 57% of the men and 48% of the women had been victims of assault; 47% of the men and 17% of the women had been convicted of at least one violent crime. Aggressive behaviour and victimization are common among severely mentally ill people requiring hospitalisation in the inner city. Rates of violent crime are higher than in the general population.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.bp.106.06.029587