Background About 15% of adults worldwide have a disability. These individuals are
frequently reported to be at increased risk of violence, yet quantitative syntheses of studies …

Background There are well over a million homeless people in Western Europe and North
America, but reliable estimates of the prevalence of major mental disorders among this …

Although dementia praecox or schizophrenia has been considered a unique disease entity
for the past century, its definitions and boundaries have continued to vary over this period. At …

OBJECTIVE. It has been shown that bullying victimization is associated with behavior and
school adjustment problems, but it remains unclear whether the experience of bullying …

There is a great deal of research on the prevalence, correlates, and treatment of PTSD in the
general population. However, we know very little about the manifestation and consequences …

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of criminal victimization among people with severe
mental illness and to explore risk factors. Method: Four databases (MEDLINE …

This psychotherapy column by guest authors, Drs. Kingdon, Rathod, Weiden, and
Turkington, is a companion piece to the article" Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Medication …

BackgroundThe lifetime prevalence of domestic violence in women is 20–25%. There is
increasing recognition of the increased vulnerability of psychiatric populations to domestic …

Robust evidence has accumulated showing that individuals who develop schizophrenia are
at elevated risk when compared to the general population to engage in violence towards …

There are clear gender differences in the experience of domestic violence and associated
mental health outcomes. There is also increasing evidence of chronic, severe and often long …