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Antisocial Personality Traits as a Risk Factor of Violence between Individuals with Mental Disorders

Author(s) -

Izabela Filov

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

open access macedonian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 1857-9655

DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2019.146

Subject(s) - psychopathy , antisocial personality disorder , psychiatry , forensic psychiatry , medicine , personality disorders , clinical psychology , mental health , psychopathology , personality , chinese classification of mental disorders , psychopathy checklist , poison control , sadistic personality disorder , injury prevention , psychology , medical emergency , social psychology

Mental disorder can increase the likelihood of taking violent acts of some individuals, but only a small percentage of violence in societies could be attributed to patients with mental health problems. For the past several years numerous studies related to forensic psychiatry has confirmed a close causal relationship between violent offenders and psychiatric comorbidity. Several studies have provided strong evidence that antisocial personality disorders (APD) represent a significant clinical risk for violence.

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