TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Antipsychotic overdosing and polypharmacy in schizophrenic delinquents explored
JO  - International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
A1  - Günther, M. P.
A1  - Kirchebner, J.
A1  - Kling, S.
A1  - Lau, S.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - A logistic regression model for 289 cases of schizophrenic offenders in a Swiss forensic hospital between 1995 and 2016 revealed the following factors for above average levels of antipsychotic overdosing and polypharmacy: Odds for overdosing increased in absence of a personality disorder (237%), for each point increase in emotional withdrawal (63.5%) and motor retardation (71.7%), and decreased for poor rapport (42.3%) recorded at admission. Odds for polypharmacy increased with complaints about physicians (157%), for each point increase in IQ (3.6%; range = 65-131, <i>M</i> = 92, <i>SD</i> = 14), reduction of the security level of the ward (36.8%; four levels), and for each point increase in poor attention (27.6%) at admission. It decreased with each previous conviction (10.9%; range = 1-21, <i>M</i> = 3, <i>SD</i> = 2), breaking of rules (46.4%) and the administration of compulsory measures (55.7%) on the ward, a poor legal prognosis (29.4%, four levels), and each point increase in grandiosity (40.3%), passive social withdrawal (42.3%), and depressive symptoms (38.7%) at admission.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-624X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X19895903
ID  - ref1
ER  -