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Former inmates show less reoffending when receiving psychotropic drugs
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the brown university psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7532
pISSN - 1068-5308
DOI - 10.1002/pu.30203
Subject(s) - psychiatry , citation , addiction , medicine , psychotropic drug , prison , psychology , drug , criminology , library science , computer science
A longitudinal study of released prison inmates in Sweden has found that fewer violent reoffenses occurred in periods when the individuals were receiving antipsychotics, psychostimulants, or drugs used to treat substance addiction. The researchers recommended further study to analyze the potential causal nature of the association between psychotropic medication and reduced violence. Study results were published Nov. 1, 2016 in JAMA .