Citation

Roaldset JO, Bjørkly S. Psychiatry Res. 2015; 230(3): 978-981.

Affiliation

Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry, Oslo University Hospital, Norway; Institute of Health and Social Sciences, Molde University College, 6402 Molde, Norway.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.psychres.2015.11.019

PMID

26616305

Abstract

This prospective observational study included 345 (70%) of 489 patients discharged from an emergency psychiatric hospital during one year. Episodes of offending and victimization were recorded during first year after discharge. Forty-eight persons (14%) committed violent offenses only, 27 persons (8%) were violence victims only, and 42 persons (12%) were both offenders and victims. Significant differences in demographic and clinical variables were found between the three groups. The results pointed to two distinct groups of victims: one group with a robust offender-victim overlap and another group without offender-victim overlap. The latter group was difficult to distinguish from other discharged patients.

Language: en