Citation

Tiihonen J, Hakola P. Am. J. Psychiatry 1994; 151(3): 436-438.

Affiliation

University of Kuopio, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, Niuvanniemi Hospital, Finland.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, American Psychiatric Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8109657

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%).

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