@article{ref1,
title="Psychopathy and mortality",
journal="Journal of forensic sciences",
year="2018",
author="Vaurio, Olli and Repo-Tiihonen, Eila and Kautiainen, Hannu and Tiihonen, Jari",
volume="63",
number="2",
pages="474-477",
abstract="It is not known how mortality differs between psychopathic and nonpsychopathic individuals. We linked data from subjects having been in forensic mental examinations at Niuvanniemi Hospital during 1984-1993 to the data from the National Death Registry to estimate the association between psychopathy and mortality. One hundred psychopathic individuals scoring 25 or higher in the PCL-R scale were followed up for 20-30 years. Two control groups were used as follows: 178 offenders scoring less than 25 on the PCL-R, and sample of general population drawn from the Finnish National Statistics database. <br><br>RESULTS reveal that psychopaths die younger than the general population, and the causes of death are more violent than in the nonpsychopath control group. There was a significant positive correlation between PCL-R score and mortality, and the mortality among psychopaths was about fivefold when compared with general population.<br><br>© 2017 The Authors Journal of Forensic Sciences published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Academy of Forensic Sciences.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-1198",
doi="10.1111/1556-4029.13566",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13566"
}