title: Violence and psychiatric morbidity in the national household population of Britain: public health implications.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It is unclear whether psychiatric morbidity contributes to the small proportion of the population responsible for a large percentage of antisocial behaviour, including violence.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To measure associations between psychiatric morbidity and severity, chronicity and types of victims of violence in the national household population of Britain.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional survey of persons in households (n = 8397).Data included self-reported location, victims and outcome of violence over the previous 5 years. Diagnoses were determined by computer-assisted interviews.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Hazardous drinking was associated with over half of all incidents involving injury. Antisocial personality disorder conveyed an attributable risk of 24% of respondents reporting victim injuries, but screening positive for psychosis conveyed an attributable risk of only 1.2%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The burden of care resulting from violence associated with hazardous drinking supports population interventions. Despite exceptional risks, half of respondents with antisocial personality disorder were not violent, indicating limitations in targeted interventions to detain high-risk individuals.
authors.affiliation: Forensic Psychiatry Research Unit, St Bartholomew's Hospital, William Harvey House, 61 Bartholomew Close, London ECIA 7BE, UK. j.w.coid@qmul.ac.uk
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coid
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: Simone
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ullrich
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bebbington
authors.forename: Traolach
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brugha
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farrell
authors.forename: Glyn
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singleton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011634:Public Health; D012008:Recurrence; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology