Personality disorders, psychopathy and other mental disorders: co-morbidity among patients at English and Scottish high-security hospitals
| Autor: | Ronald Blackburn, Caroline Logan, John W. Donnelly, Stanley J. D. Renwick |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Chinese Classification of Mental Disorders Psychopathy Mental Health Act Sadistic personality disorder Classification of mental disorders medicine.disease Mental illness Personality disorders Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Prevalence of mental disorders medicine Psychiatry Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology. 14:111-137 |
| ISSN: | 1478-9957 1478-9949 |
| Popis: | Mental health legislation in Britain has traditionally encouraged a distinctionbetweenpersonality disordered andmentally ill offenders, butresearchon co-morbidity indicates that few patients exhibit an Axis I or an Axis II disorder in isolation. This study compared male high-security hospital patients in the English Mental Health Act categories of psychopathic disorder (n=54) and mental illness (n=61) and the Scottish legal category of mental disorder (n = 60), using structured instruments to assess personality disorders, psychopathy and Axis I disorders. The mental illness and psychopathic disorder categories were not differentiated by personality disorders, psychopathy, or Axis I disorders, except for more lifetime drug abuse and more lifetime and current psychosis among the mentally ill. A majority of patients with mental disorder under Scottish legislation also exhibited personality disorders. Grouping by primary clinical diagnosis of personality disorder or mental illness produced few differences on ... |
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