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Mental disorder in people convicted of homicide: long-term national trends in rates and court outcome

Author(s) -

Sandra Flynn,

Said A. Ibrahim,

Navneet Kapur,

Louis Appleby,

Jenny Shaw

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

the british journal of psychiatry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.564

H-Index - 228

eISSN - 1472-1465

pISSN - 0007-1250

DOI - 10.1192/bjp.2020.94

Subject(s) - homicide , psychiatry , mental health , mental illness , medicine , suicide prevention , poison control , comorbidity , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , injury prevention , psychology , medical emergency

Homicide rates have fallen markedly in the UK over the past decade. There has been little research on whether homicides by people with mental disorder have contributed to this downward trend. Furthermore, there is limited information on trends in court outcomes for people with mental disorder who commit homicide.

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