From conduct disorder to severe mental illness: associations with aggressive behaviour, crime and victimization

Abstract

Men and women with severe mental illness who have a history of CD by mid-adolescence are at increased risk for aggressive behaviour and violent crime. These patients are easily identifiable and may benefit from learning-based treatments aimed at reducing antisocial behaviour. Longitudinal, prospective investigations are needed to understand why CD is more common among people with than without schizophrenia.

Development of the PICMIN (picture of mental illness in newspapers): instrument to assess mental illness stigma in print media

“…In Croatia, 35.7% of articles describe mentally ill persons as a perpetrator of the aggressive behaviour. Not much attention is paid to individuals with mental illness as victims of aggressive behaviour, even though victimisation is more common than aggressive behaviour by these individuals [50]. Mentally ill persons were described as victims of aggression in 4.4-5.9% of the articles, similar to the findings of Angermeyer's study [25].…”

Childhood trauma, antisocial personality typologies and recent violent acts among inpatient males with severe mental illness: Exploring an explanatory pathway

“…The data collated from the criminal records were coded according to criteria used by Hodgins et al (2008) to define violent crimes. Thus violent crime referred to violence against the person, sexual offences (not including prostitution) and robbery.…”

“…In a sample of male psychiatric military outpatients, those reporting a physical and/or sexual childhood trauma were over three times more likely to meet criteria for ASPD than those without such history (Semiz et al, 2007). Hodgins et al (2008) espoused a developmental framework for understanding violent and antisocial behaviours among men with SMI. She proposed three distinct typologies distinguished by the age of onset: (i) early starters (whose antisocial behavioural that emerges in childhood, well before illness onset, and remains stable across the lifespan, defined herein as early starter ASPD); (ii) late starters (who display no antisocial behaviour before illness onset and then repeatedly engage in antisocial behaviour, defined herein as late starter ASPD) and; (iii) serious offenders (these individuals display no antisocial behaviour for many years and then engage in very serious violence later in life).…”

The Over-Representation of Children in Care in the Youth Criminal Justice System in British Columbia: Theory and Policy Issues

“…With regard to the relationship between mental disorders, other mental health factors, and criminal justice involvement, Arseneault, Moffitt, Caspi, Taylor, and Silva (2000) found that young adults (21 years of age) meeting the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia or substance dependence committed violent acts with greater frequency and intensity compared to those who did not meet these diagnostic criteria. In addition, a relationship has been observed between symptoms of conduct disorder presenting before 15 years of age and violent offences, wherein an increasing number of symptoms was associated with an increased risk of being convicted of a violent crime (Hodgins, Cree, Alderton, & Mak, 2007).…”