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Alternative pathways to violence in persons with schizophrenia: the role of childhood antisocial behavior problems.

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Swanson, JW; Van Dorn, RA; Swartz, MS; Smith, A; Elbogen, EB; Monahan, J
Published in: Law Hum Behav
June 2008
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Violence in schizophrenia patients may result from many factors besides the symptoms of schizophrenia. This study examined the relationship between childhood antisocial behavior and adult violence using data from the NIMH CATIE study. The prevalence of violence was higher among patients with a history of childhood conduct problems than among those without this history (28.2% vs. 14.6%; P < 0.001). In the conduct-problems group, violence was associated with current substance use at levels below diagnostic criteria. Positive psychotic symptoms were linked to violence only in the group without conduct problems. Findings suggest that violence among adults with schizophrenia may follow at least two distinct pathways-one associated with premorbid conditions, including antisocial conduct, and another associated with the acute psychopathology of schizophrenia.

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Jeffrey W. Swanson
Author Jeffrey W. Swanson Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychia ...
Marvin Stanley Swartz
Author Marvin Stanley Swartz Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychia ...
Eric Bradley Elbogen
Author Eric Bradley Elbogen Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine & Neur ...

Published In

Law Hum Behav

DOI

10.1007/s10979-007-9095-7

ISSN

0147-7307

Publication Date

June 2008

Volume

32

Issue

3

Start / End Page

228 / 240

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Violence
  • Schizophrenic Psychology
  • Schizophrenia
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Criminology
  • Child
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Adolescent
 

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Swanson, J. W., Van Dorn, R. A., Swartz, M. S., Smith, A., Elbogen, E. B., & Monahan, J. (2008). Alternative pathways to violence in persons with schizophrenia: the role of childhood antisocial behavior problems. Law Hum Behav, 32(3), 228–240. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10979-007-9095-7
Swanson, Jeffrey W., Richard A. Van Dorn, Marvin S. Swartz, Alicia Smith, Eric B. Elbogen, and John Monahan. “Alternative pathways to violence in persons with schizophrenia: the role of childhood antisocial behavior problems.” Law Hum Behav 32, no. 3 (June 2008): 228–40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10979-007-9095-7.
Swanson JW, Van Dorn RA, Swartz MS, Smith A, Elbogen EB, Monahan J. Alternative pathways to violence in persons with schizophrenia: the role of childhood antisocial behavior problems. Law Hum Behav. 2008 Jun;32(3):228–40.
Swanson, Jeffrey W., et al. “Alternative pathways to violence in persons with schizophrenia: the role of childhood antisocial behavior problems.” Law Hum Behav, vol. 32, no. 3, June 2008, pp. 228–40. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10979-007-9095-7.
Swanson JW, Van Dorn RA, Swartz MS, Smith A, Elbogen EB, Monahan J. Alternative pathways to violence in persons with schizophrenia: the role of childhood antisocial behavior problems. Law Hum Behav. 2008 Jun;32(3):228–240.

Published In

Law Hum Behav

DOI

10.1007/s10979-007-9095-7

ISSN

0147-7307

Publication Date

June 2008

Volume

32

Issue

3

Start / End Page

228 / 240

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Violence
  • Schizophrenic Psychology
  • Schizophrenia
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Criminology
  • Child
  • Antisocial Personality Disorder
  • Adolescent