TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2006//
TI  - Violence in women with psychosis in the community: prospective study
JO  - British journal of psychiatry
A1  - Dean, Kimberlie
A1  - Walsh, Eammon
A1  - Moran, Peter
A1  - Tyrer, P.
A1  - Creed, Francis H.
A1  - Byford, Sarah
A1  - Burns, Tom
A1  - Murray, Regan
A1  - Fahy, Thomas
SP  - 264
EP  - 270
VL  - 188
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N2  - BACKGROUND: Little is known about the determinants of violence in women with psychosis. AIMS: To identify predictors of violence in a community sample of women with chronic psychosis. METHOD: The 2-year prevalence of physical assault was estimated for a sample of 304 women with psychosis. Baseline socio-demographic and clinical factors were used to identify predictors of assault. RESULTS: The 2-year prevalence of assault in the sample was 17%. Assaultive behaviour was associated with previous violence (OR=5.87,95% CI 2.42-14.25), non-violentconvictions (OR=2.63,95% CI 1.17-5.93), victimisation (OR=2.46, 95% CI1.02-5.93), African-Caribbean ethnicity (OR=2.24,95% CI1.02-4.77), cluster B personality disorder (OR=2.66, 95% CI1.11-6.38) and high levels of unmet need (OR=1.17,95% CI1.01-1.35). An interaction between African-Caribbean ethnicity and cluster B personality disorder was identified in relation to violent outcome. Violent women were found to be more costly to services. CONCLUSIONS: Nearly a fifth of community-dwelling women with chronic psychosis committed assault over a period of 2 years. Six independent risk factors were found to predict violence.
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SN  - 0007-1250
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.104.008052
ID  - ref1
ER  -