NCJ Number
155397
Journal
American Journal of Psychiatry Volume: 151 Issue: 3 Dated: (March 1994) Pages: 436-438
Date Published
1994
Length
3 pages
Annotation
This study examined the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders among 13 Finnish homicide recidivists who were incarcerated in prisons or high-security hospitals.
Abstract
The results showed that two subjects who suffered from schizophrenia had committed all their homicides in the hospital. Eleven subjects could be classified as type 2 alcoholics; they all had an onset of alcohol abuse or criminal behavior by the age of 20. These 11 subjects could be considered to suffer from serotonin metabolism dysfunction. Ten subjects were also diagnosed as having an antisocial personality. One subject was not considered responsible for his last offense because of major depression and was discharged from the hospital 1 year after recovery from depression. 1 table and 13 references