TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1981//
TI  - Psychiatric aspects of homicide
JO  - Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
A1  - Pétursson, H.
A1  - Gudjonsson, Gisli H.
SP  - 363
EP  - 372
VL  - 64
IS  - 5
N2  - Homicide is frequently associated with mental illness and suicide. The present study is an investigation of all known homicide incidents in Iceland during the past 80 years (1900-1979). There were 45 homicide incidents, involving 52 victims and 47 offenders. One-third of the perpetrators were either psychotic, mentally subnormal, or committed suicide. A further one-third were diagnosed as personality disordered, alcoholic, drug dependent or neurotic. A substantial proportion of the offenders suffered from fairly marked physical disabilities, and the mentally ill were significantly more frequently afflicted by such defects. Over 60% of the offenders and 50% of the victims were under the influence of alcohol at the material time. The findings are generally consistent with those of previous psychiatric studies of homicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-690X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -