title: Criminal recidivism in offenders with personality disorders and substance use disorders over 8 years of time at risk.
abstract: Personality disorders (PD) and substance use disorders (SUD) lead to high violent criminality. The influence of co-morbidity on recidivism remains unclear. Recidivism of 379 offenders was assessed at 8 years of follow-up. Sixty-nine percent of PD+SUD, 45% of SUD- and 33% of PD- subjects showed any recidivism. However, violent recidivism was highest in the PD- group.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Hospital of the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland. marc.walter@upkbs.ch
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Walter
authors.forename: Gerhard A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Wiesbeck
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dittmann
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Graf
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D057189:Checklist; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D057237:Criminals / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult