The impact of personality disorders, substance use and other mental illness on re-offending

Autor: Colman O'Driscoll, Sarah Larney, John Basson, Devon Indig
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. 23:382-391
ISSN: 1478-9957
1478-9949
DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2012.686623
Popis: It is frequently observed in the literature that mental illness is associated with criminal offending; however, co-morbidity between personality disorders, substance use disorders and other mental illnesses complicates our understanding of this relationship. The aim of this study is to determine the impact of co-morbid substance use disorder, personality disorder and mental illness on the rate of re-offending. Data on 12-month psychiatric morbidity for N = 1264 prisoners who took part in the 2001 Mental Health Survey in NSW, Australia was linked to five years of re-offending data. Risk of re-offending related to psychiatric disorders was assessed using Cox regression. Controlling for sex, indigenous status, age, prior court appearances, sampling frame and psychiatric disorders, participants with a personality disorder had a 26% increase in hazard of re-offending, and those with a substance use disorder a 33% increase in hazard of re-offending. Anxiety disorders, mood disorders and psychotic symptoms did n...
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