Trends in rates of mental illness in homicide perpetrators

The rise in homicides by those with serious mental illness is of concern, although this increase may not be continuing. To examine rates of mental illness among homicide perpetrators. A national consecutive case series of homicide perpetrators in England and Wales from 1997 to 2006. Rates of mental...

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Published in:	British journal of psychiatry Vol. 198; no. 6; pp. 485 - 489
Main Authors:	Swinson, Nicola, Flynn, Sandra M, While, David, Roscoe, Alison, Kapur, Navneet, Appleby, Louis, Shaw, Jenny
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England 01-06-2011
Subjects:	Child Criminal Law - statistics & numerical data Databases as Topic Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry) - statistics & numerical data Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry) - trends Diminished responsibility England - epidemiology Female Homicide Homicide - psychology Homicide - statistics & numerical data Homicide - trends Humans Infant Insanity Defense - statistics & numerical data Mental Disorders - epidemiology Mental Health Services - utilization Mental illness Perpetrators Psychiatric disorders Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology Verdicts Wales - epidemiology England Wales
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