Search for dissertations about: "schizophrenia and crime"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words schizophrenia and crime.

2. 1. Violent offenders with schizophrenia : quantitative and qualitative studies focusing on the family of origin

   Author : Annika Nordström; Gunnar Kullgren; Lars Dahlgren; Leif Lindström; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; schizophrenia; offenders; homicide; criminality; victim relations; family members; forensic psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; psykiatri;

   Abstract : The focus of the thesis is on violent offenders with schizophrenia and their relatives. The aims were to explore incidence of violent crimes, the extent to which family members were victims, to investigate individual background factors among violent offenders, and to identify psychotic symptoms and triggering factors associated with fatal violence. READ MORE

4. 2. Suicides, psychotic disorders and criminality among former child and adolescent psychiatric patients followed into adulthood

   Author : Ulf Engqvist; Mittuniversitetet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; child; adolescent; adult; mortality; suicide; crime; mental disorders; psychotic disorders; paediatrics; longitudinal studies; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; Psychiatry; child; adolescent; adult; mortality; suicide; crime; mental disorders; psychotic disorders; paediatrics; longitudinal studies;

   Abstract : The overall aim was to provide information about child and adolescent psychiatric (CAP) patients and their outcome as adults: Were their difficulties in childhood due to mental illness, disablement and/or behaviour disorders? What happened to them as adults? Who were the patients in need of psychiatric care (GenP) in adulthood that had not had previous contact with CAP? Did this group differ from the former CAP group? Methods: Paper I-III: 1,400 CAP patients admitted 1975-1990 to inpatient or outpatient CAP care in Jämtland County, Sweden were followed until 2003. Paper IV: A sample of 167 GenP patients not treated in CAP was compared to GenP patients with a history of CAP care. READ MORE

5. 3. Schizophrenia and criminal offending : risk factors and the role of treatment

   Author : Åsa Eriksson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: The present thesis is written with the overall aim of advancing knowledge of criminal offending among individuals with schizophrenia. This may lead to better and more cost-effective methods for the prevention of criminal offending and, hopefully, to the reduction of public fear of mentally disordered persons. READ MORE

6. 4. Mental illness and criminal behavior : individual characteristics related to criminal conduct among violent offenders with schizophrenia

   Author : Anders Tengström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Criminality; Forensic psychiatry; HCR-20; Psychopathy; PCL; Risk assessment; Schizophrenia; Substance abuse; Violent crime; VRAG;

   Abstract : During the last decades, interest has increased in structured risk assessment of future violence as well as in research addressing the link between schizophrenia and violence. The overall aim of this study was to extend our knowledge concerning risk assessment and the connection between schizophrenia and criminal behavior. READ MORE

7. 5. Risk factors for criminal offending among men with schizophrenia

   Author : Åsa Eriksson; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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   Abstract : Background: There is consistent evidence for an association between schizophrenia and criminal offending. With better knowledge of the relation between schizophrenia and criminal offending, better and more cost-effective methods for prevention of criminal offending could be expected and public fear of mentally ill persons being reduced. READ MORE