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Homicide of Strangers by People with a Psychotic Illness
Schizophrenia Bulletin, 10/19/09

Nielssen O et al. – Stranger homicide in psychosis is extremely rare and is even rarer for a patient who has received treatment with antipsychotic medication. A lack of distinguishing characteristics of stranger homicide offenders and an extremely low base rate of stranger–homicide suggests that risk assessment of patients known to have a psychotic illness will be of little assistance in the prevention of stranger homicides.

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Trends in hospitalizations with psychiatric diagnoses among HIV-infected women in the USA, 1994-2004
AIDS Care, 10/29/09 Relevance Score: 68%

Epigenetic Mediation of Environmental Influences in Major Psychotic Disorders
Schizophrenia Bulletin, 10/05/09 Relevance Score: 68%

Financial incentives to improve adherence to anti-psychotic maintenance medication in non-adherent patients - a cluster randomised controlled trial (FIAT)
BMC Psychiatry, 10/02/09 Relevance Score: 68%

Associations between psychotic-like symptoms and inattention/hyperactivity symptoms
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 11/17/09 Relevance Score: 67%

The Catatonia Conundrum: Evidence of Psychomotor Phenomena as a Symptom Dimension in Psychotic Disorders
Schizophrenia Bulletin, 10/05/09 Relevance Score: 67%