Citation

Shore D, Filson CR, Johnson WE, Rae DS, Muehrer P, Kelley DJ, Davis TS, Waldman IN, Wyatt RJ. Am. J. Psychiatry 1989; 146(5): 645-651.

Affiliation

Division of Clinical Research, NIMH, Rockville, MD 20857.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2712170

Abstract

The authors studied arrest records and clinical data on 217 persons formerly hospitalized as "White House Cases" because they were psychotically preoccupied with prominent political figures. Prior arrest for violent crime was the variable most strongly associated with arrest for violent crime after hospital discharge. Male gender and a history of weapons possession were also correlated with future violence. For those with prior violent crime arrests, hospital incidents requiring seclusion were also associated with later violence. For those without prior arrests, subsequent violence was associated with threats, living outside Washington, and command hallucinations. For those previously arrested for nonviolent crimes, only persecutory delusions were associated with later violence.

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