People with severe mental illness (SMI) have high prevalence of lifetime victimization, but
little is known about the extent and risk of recent domestic/sexual violence. The objective …

Introduction Existing evidence indicates that prevalence of violence against women with
disability is elevated compared to women without disability. We conducted a scoping review …

Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health
problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the …

Through this training module participants will explore how and why violence, coercion and
abuse occur in mental health settings and gain a greater understanding of the significant …

Importance Key outcomes for persons with psychiatric disorders include subjection to
violence and perpetration of violence. The occurrence of these outcomes and their …

Importance People with mental illness are more likely to have contact with the criminal
justice system, but research to date has focused on risk of offense perpetration, while less is …

Background Calls for increased funding for mental health services require many lines of
evidence in support, including estimates of economic impact. One understudied source of …

Lifetime prevalence of psychotic disorders varies widely across studies. Epidemiological
surveys have rarely examined prevalences of specific psychotic disorders other than …

Bringing together cutting-edge theory and research that bridges academic disciplines from
criminology and criminal justice, to developmental psychology, sociology, and political …

Purpose To investigate the association between childhood maltreatment and adulthood
domestic and sexual violence victimisation among people with severe mental illness (SMI) …