Citation

O'Reilly K, O'Connell P, Corvin A, O'Sullivan D, Coyle C, Mullaney R, O'Flynn P, Grogan K, Richter M, Kennedy H. Schizophr. Res. 2018; 193: 468-469.

Affiliation

The Department of Psychiatry, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland; The National Forensic Mental Health Service, The Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin 14, Ireland. Electronic address: kennedh@tcd.ie.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.schres.2017.07.026

PMID

28716450

Abstract

Forensic patients with schizophrenia who had carried out a homicide scored higher on a measure of moral cognition (MFQ-30) than other violent patients. Neurocognitive impairment was associated with homicide by mediation via higher scores for in-group loyalty.

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Language: en

Keywords

Homicide; Moral cognition; Neurocognition; Risk assessment; Schizophrenia; Violence