Mood disorders and violence: a new focus

Oakley, Clare; Hynes, Fiona; Clark, Tom

doi:10.1192/apt.bp.107.005413

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“…mood) disorders has previously been observed (Arseneault et al 2000;Colins et al 2010;Vermeiren et al 2002), its exact relation with violent crime remains unclear. For example, a history of depression has been associated with less subsequent antisocial behavior, but only among boys (Oakley et al 2009). Mood disorders in adolescence have been demonstrated to lower the probability of violent offending specifically (Oakley et al 2009).…”

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Constellations of youth criminogenic factors associated with young adult violent criminal behavior

et al. 2020

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This study identified constellations of childhood risk factors associated with violent criminal behavior in early adulthood. Police data were used to sample violent and nonviolent offenders from a population of young adult males with a history of juvenile probation. Risk factors were retrieved from their juvenile probation files. A single classification tree analysis organized these into a decision tree for violent criminal behavior with good predictive accuracy. Two constellations of risk factors were associated with a high risk of violent criminal behavior. The first consisted of juvenile delinquents who had been moderately involved with criminal peers, who had committed offenses under the influence of drugs, and who came from a dysfunctional family. The second was characterized by having been severely involved with criminal peers and having had criminal family members. Presenting with depressive symptoms in childhood was associated with a low risk of violent criminal behavior. These constellations bear clinical importance as they provide targets for personalized interventions.

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“…Serious mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and depression, generally show associations that are several times weaker than those seen in more behaviorally based diagnoses, such as substance abuse or antisocial personality disorders (Elbogen & Johnson 2009, Oakley et al 2009, Steadman et al 1998). There is some evidence that individuals experiencing first-episode psychosis could be at elevated risk for involvement in violence, with levels of involvement about 3–5 times what might be expected (Large & Nielssen 2011, Winsper et al 2013).…”

Section: Mental Illness Violence and Gun Violencementioning

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The Link Between Mental Illness and Firearm Violence: Implications for Social Policy and Clinical Practice

Rozel

Mulvey

2017

Annu. Rev. Clin. Psychol.

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The United States has substantially higher levels of firearm violence than most other developed countries. Firearm violence is a significant and preventable public health crisis. Mental illness is a weak risk factor for violence despite popular misconceptions reflected in the media and policy. That said, mental health professionals play a critical role in assessing their patients for violence risk, counseling about firearm safety, and guiding the creation of rational and evidence-based public policy that can be effective in mitigating violence risk without unnecessarily stigmatizing people with mental illness. This article summarizes existing evidence about the interplay among mental illness, violence, and firearms, with particular attention paid to the role of active symptoms, addiction, victimization, and psychosocial risk factors. The social and legal context of firearm ownership is discussed as a preface to exploring practical, evidence-driven, and behaviorally informed policy recommendations for mitigating firearm violence risk.

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“…However, clinical experience may indicate that this is not the case, that violence in mood disorder is unusual [41]. It appears that there may be more evidence relating mood disorders and violence than many clinicians realize.…”

Section: Violence and Mood Disordersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It might not be appropriate to consider diagnoses in isolation, as is the case in research [41]. It may be that comorbid substance misuse has a more significant impact on the risk of violence in mood disorders than in schizophrenia, which explains why in some studies the association between mood disorders and violence did not remain when comorbidity was controlled for.…”

Section: Violence and Mood Disordersmentioning

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Risk factors for violence among forensic psychiatric inpatients

Soliman¹,

Sadek²,

Azzam³

et al. 2013

Middle East Current Psychiatry

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Forensic evaluation differs from clinical evaluation in several aspects, most importantly that it has legal goals to serve other parties not the health care needs of the individual. However, violence prediction is a difficult task always expected from a psychiatrist whether during forensic or as usual clinical evaluation. Assessing danger and prediction of future violence aim at prevention of such behaviour. Risk factors for violence in people with mental disorder might be different from other groups. Established risk factors for violence in people with psychosis are criminal history, comorbid substance misuse, active psychotic symptoms, non compliance with medication and comorbid personality disorder, particularly antisocial personality disorder.

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Mood disorders and violence: a new focus

Cited by 22 publications

References 30 publications

Constellations of youth criminogenic factors associated with young adult violent criminal behavior

Constellations of youth criminogenic factors associated with young adult violent criminal behavior

The Link Between Mental Illness and Firearm Violence: Implications for Social Policy and Clinical Practice

Risk factors for violence among forensic psychiatric inpatients

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