Brain Dysfunction and Community Violence in Patients With Major Mental Illness Export

@article{citeulike:6081812, abstract = {The objective of this study is to determine whether violence in psychiatric patients is associated with brain dysfunction independent of substance abuse. Psychiatric inpatients with a history of violent behavior in the community were compared to nonviolent inpatients on several variables related to brain dysfunction. The two groups were similar in terms of demographics and psychiatric diagnosis. No significant differences were found in neuropsychological function, but violent patients were significantly more likely to have co-occurring substance abuse and nearly 4 times more likely to have a history of closed-head injury. Logistic regression revealed that the association between violence and head injury can be explained by comorbid substance abuse. 10.1177/0093854808327507}, author = {Dinn, Wayne M. and Gansler, David A. and Moczynski, Nancy and Fulwiler, Carl}, citeulike-article-id = {6081812}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854808327507}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/36/2/117.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://cjb.sagepub.com/content/36/2/117.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0093854808327507}, journal = {Criminal Justice and Behavior}, keywords = {brain\_dysfunction, closed\_head\_injury, community\_violence, demographics, logistic\_regression, mental\_illness, objective, psychiatric\_diagnosis, psychiatric\_inpatients, psychiatric\_patients, several\_variables, substance\_abuse, violent, violent\_behavior, violent\_patients, women}, month = {February}, number = {2}, pages = {117--136}, posted-at = {2009-11-07 05:22:09}, priority = {5}, title = {Brain Dysfunction and Community Violence in Patients With Major Mental Illness}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854808327507}, volume = {36}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6081812 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6081812 N2 - The objective of this study is to determine whether violence in psychiatric patients is associated with brain dysfunction independent of substance abuse. Psychiatric inpatients with a history of violent behavior in the community were compared to nonviolent inpatients on several variables related to brain dysfunction. The two groups were similar in terms of demographics and psychiatric diagnosis. No significant differences were found in neuropsychological function, but violent patients were significantly more likely to have co-occurring substance abuse and nearly 4 times more likely to have a history of closed-head injury. Logistic regression revealed that the association between violence and head injury can be explained by comorbid substance abuse. 10.1177/0093854808327507 IS - 2 JF - Criminal Justice and Behavior EP - 136 TI - Brain Dysfunction and Community Violence in Patients With Major Mental Illness VL - 36 SP - 117 KW - brain_dysfunction KW - closed_head_injury KW - community_violence KW - demographics KW - logistic_regression KW - mental_illness KW - objective KW - psychiatric_diagnosis KW - psychiatric_inpatients KW - psychiatric_patients KW - several_variables KW - substance_abuse KW - violent KW - violent_behavior KW - violent_patients KW - women AU - Dinn, Wayne AU - Gansler, David AU - Moczynski, Nancy AU - Fulwiler, Carl PY - 2009/02/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0093854808327507 ER -