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- Title
Mental Illness and Violent Death: Major Issues for Public Health.
- Authors
Cole, Thomas B.; Glass, Richard M.
- Abstract
Presents an editorial regarding mental illness and violent death. Association between mental illness and suicide and homicide; Reference to the National Comorbidity Survey Replication which reported on suicidal behavior in the U.S.; Prevalence of personality disorders, substance use disorders, schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorders and other psychoses among homicide offenders; Prevalence of personality disorders and mental illnesses among the general population; Importance of identifying and treating persons at risk of violence.
- Subjects
MENTAL illness; VIOLENCE &; psychology; MENTAL health; PATHOLOGICAL psychology; PERSONALITY disorders; PSYCHOSES; SELF-destructive behavior; SUICIDAL behavior; AFFECTIVE disorders; HOMICIDE; SUICIDE; MENTAL illness risk factors
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2005, Vol 294, Issue 5, p623
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1001/jama.294.5.623