title: Psychiatric disorders and homicide recidivism.
abstract: There are no firm epidemiologic data concerning psychiatric disorders associated with homicide recidivism. The authors studied all homicide recidivists who were incarcerated in Finnish prisons or high-security hospitals and had committed their last offense during the 3-year period July 1, 1988-June 30, 1991. All recidivists (13 subjects) could be considered to suffer from either severe alcoholism combined with personality disorder (N = 11, 85%) or from schizophrenia (N = 2, 15%).
authors.affiliation: University of Kuopio, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Niuvanniemi Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tiihonen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hakola
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D011329:Prisoners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology