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- Title
Violent Behavior in Mental Illness: The Role of Substance Abuse.
- Authors
Volavka, Jan; Swanson, Jeffrey
- Abstract
The authors examine the role of substance abuse in violent behavior in psychiatric patients. They discuss various evidence from epidemiologic studies which indicate that violence in schizophrenia is heterogeneous in its etiology. They cite reasons for the limitations of previous attempts to establish a general relationship between violence and mental disorder. The authors also explore several pathways to violent behavior for persons with schizophrenia complicated by substance abuse disorder, which suggest a complex phenomena.
- Subjects
PSYCHOTHERAPY patients; VIOLENCE research; PEOPLE with schizophrenia; PSYCHIATRIC research; SUBSTANCE abuse research; COMORBIDITY
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2010, Vol 304, Issue 5, p563
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Opinion
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2010.1097