@article{ref1,
title="Do previous offences predict violent acts in psychiatric patients? A retrospective study in Hungary",
journal="Ideggyógyászati Szemle",
year="2015",
author="Baran, Brigitta and Szabó, Ferenc Ádám and Kara, Borbála and Kovács, Magdolna and Uzonyi, Adel and Antal, Albert and Ungvari, Gabor S. and Gazdag, Gabor",
volume="68",
number="3-4",
pages="99-104",
abstract="AIM: To investigate the presence of offences in the previous past history of perpetrators of violent acts who have undergone forced medical treatment. <br><br>METHODS: The documentation of all patients released over a 10-year period from the National Institute of Forensic Psychiatry (IMEI) was reviewed. A comparison was drawn between patients who were convicted of any type of offense before the violent act (patients with previous offences-PPO) and those who were not (patients with no previous offences-PNO). <br><br>RESULTS: Eighty-six (29%) and 208 (71%) patients formed the PPO and PNO groups, respectively. Prior contact with psychiatric services was significantly higher in the PPO group (p=0.038) and this group was also more likely to offend under the influence of a psychoactive substance (p<0.001). Exceptional brutality and other qualifying factors were more frequent in the PNO group (p=0.019). <br><br>CONCLUSION: As IMEI is the only forensic institution in Hungary, the picture presented here reflects the situation in the entire country. A recidivism rate of 29% is within the internationally published range.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0019-1442",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}