TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Dangerous behaviour preceding first admissions for schizophrenia
JO  - British journal of psychiatry
A1  - Humphreys, M. S.
A1  - Johnstone, E. C.
A1  - MacMillan, J. F.
A1  - Taylor, Pamela J.
SP  - 501
EP  - 505
VL  - 161
IS  - 
N2  - Of 253 patients in their first schizophrenic episode, 52 behaved in a way threatening to the lives of others before their admission to hospital. These 52 patients were studied from data collected at the time of their initial presentation. Despite a history of illness in excess of 1 year in 24 cases, and evidence that violence was motivated by psychotic symptoms in 23 cases, fewer than half of the patients were admitted to hospital as a direct result of their dangerous behaviour. Life-threatening behaviour was more common where the patient had been ill for longer, and where there were delusions of being poisoned.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1250
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -