TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Content of command hallucinations predicts self-harm but not violence in a medium secure unit
JO  - Journal of forensic psychiatry
A1  - Rogers, P.
A1  - Watt, A.
A1  - Gray, N.S.
A1  - MacCulloch, M.
A1  - Gournay, K.
SP  - 251
EP  - 262
VL  - 13
IS  - 2
N2  - Evidence to date has supported negative relationships, a null relationship and a positive relationship between command hallucinations and violence or self-harm. This study was designed to determine the relationship between command hallucinations with violent or self-harm content and incidents of violence and self-harm in forensic inpatients. Patients with (n = 56) and without (n = 54) a lifetime history of command hallucinations and resident in a medium-security hospital were identified through clinical and legal records over 51 months. Measures included: staff-observed violence and self-harm; presence and content of command hallucinations; paranoid delusions; previous violent convictions; length of stay; gender; history of alcohol or illicit drug abuse. Statistical analyses used negative binomial regression. Violent command hallucinations and inpatient violence were unrelated. Self-harming command hallucinations and an absence of paranoid delusions were positively associated with self-harm. The processes that determine compliance with command hallucinations remain unclear.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0958-5184
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585180210150096
ID  - ref1
ER  -