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Psychosocial Symptoms and Poor Insight as Predictors of Homicidality Among Clients With Psychosis: Implications for Counseling Practice and Research
Author(s) -
Schwartz Robert C.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2008.tb00535.x
Subject(s) - psychosocial , psychosis , mania , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , population , clinical practice , medicine , bipolar disorder , mood , family medicine , environmental health
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether psychological symptoms, negative social events, treatment‐related information, and degree of insight into one's illness predicted current homidicality in a population of clients with psychosis ( N = 170). Multiple regression analyses revealed that homicidality can be reliably predicted when clients manifest more severe symptoms of mania and less awareness of their need for treatment. Clinical and research implications are discussed as they relate to the counseling profession.