Psychiatric and Legal Features of 113 Men Convicted of Sexual Offenses
| Autor: | Susan L. McElroy, Jeff L. Holcomb, DeAnna A. Beckman, Jeffrey A. Welge, David Roby, Neal W. Dunsieth, Purcell Taylor, Cesar Soutullo, Lori A. Brusman-Lovins, Erik Nelson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Impulse control disorder Comorbidity Avoidant personality disorder Antimanic Agents medicine Humans Bipolar disorder Psychiatry Demography Ohio Paraphilic Disorders Sex offender Antisocial personality disorder Sex Offenses Antisocial Personality Disorder medicine.disease Mental illness Antidepressive Agents Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health Sexual abuse Paraphilia Crime Psychology Antipsychotic Agents |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 65:293-300 |
| ISSN: | 0160-6689 |
| DOI: | 10.4088/jcp.v65n0302 |
| Popis: | Background: To increase understanding of the relationships among sexual violence, paraphilias, and mental illness, the authors assessed the legal and psychiatric features of 113 men convicted of sexual offenses. Method: 113 consecutive male sex offenders referred from prison, jail, or probation to a residential treatment facility received structured clinical interviews for DSM-IV Axis I and II disorders, including sexual disorders. Participants' legal, sexual and physical abuse, and family psychiatric histories were also evaluated. We compared offenders with and without paraphilias. Results: Participants displayed high rates of lifetime Axis I and Axis II disorders: 96 (85%) had a substance use disorder; 84 (74%), a paraphilia; 66 (58%), a mood disorder (40 [35%], a bipolar disorder and 27 [24%], a depressive disorder); 43 (38%), an impulse control disorder; 26 (23%), an anxiety disorder; 10 (9%), an eating disorder; and 63 (56%), antisocial personality disorder. Presence of a paraphilia correlated positively with the presence of any mood disorder (p |
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