The drug–violence relationship exists for several reasons, some direct (drugs
pharmacologically inducing violence) and some indirect (violence occurring in order to …

There is an increasing number of severely mentally ill persons in the criminal justice system.
This article first discusses the criminalization of persons with severe mental illness and its …

This comprehensive, authoritative text provides a state-of-the-art review of current
knowledge and best practices for helping adults with psychiatric disabilities move forward in …

Aggressiveness has a high prevalence in psychiatric patients and is a major health problem.
Two brain areas involved in the neural network of aggressive behavior are the amygdala …

Pathologic aggression and anger are extremely heterogeneous phenomena present in a
variety of psychiatric and neurologic disorders, ranging from brain injury to schizophrenia …

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The first comprehensive and clinically oriented guide to" the new addictions." Impulse
control disorders such as gambling and risky sexual behavior are increasingly recognized …

OBJECTIVE: Very large numbers of severely mentally ill persons now fall under the
jurisdiction of the criminal justice system. A number of conditions are placed on those who …

Anna, a 32-year-old married woman, described herself as being ''compulsive.''She reported
a history, beginning in late adolescence, of uncontrollable shoplifting. She reports that over …

Violence in psychiatric hospitals threatens the safety and well-being of patients and staff
members. The determinants and correlates of inpatient aggression are not well understood …