Abstract
Personality disorders (PD) and substance use disorders (SUD) lead to high violent criminality. The influence of co-morbidity on recidivism remains unclear. Recidivism of 379 offenders was assessed at 8 years of follow-up. Sixty-nine percent of PD+SUD, 45% of SUD- and 33% of PD- subjects showed any recidivism. However, violent recidivism was highest in the PD- group.
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MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged, 80 and over
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Analysis of Variance
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Checklist
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Chi-Square Distribution
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Criminals / statistics & numerical data*
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Female
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Forensic Psychiatry*
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Humans
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Longitudinal Studies
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Personality Disorders / diagnosis
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Personality Disorders / epidemiology*
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Retrospective Studies
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Substance-Related Disorders / diagnosis
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Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
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Time Factors
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Young Adult