The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify commonly occurring factors in
filicide-suicide offenders, to describe this phenomenon better, and ultimately to enhance …

The authors examine the characteristics of threatening and otherwise inappropriate
communications sent to members of the US Congress by a sample of 86 subjects, 20 of whom …

OBJECTIVE: Lack of insight affects the management of schizophrenia. The interrelationship
between lack of insight and illness attributes in patients with schizophrenia who commit …

OBJECTIVE: Because about one-third of persons with bipolar illness take less than 30 percent
of their medication and because nonadherence is associated with rehospitalization and …

Forensic hospital records of 39 severely mentally ill mothers adjudicated Not Guilty by Reason
of Insanity for filicide (child murder by parents) were analyzed to describe characteristics …

Few issues, if any, in mental health have received such widespread attention as the topic of
violence and mental illness. It is of long-standing controversy [1], and views have shifted …

Objective: Assertive community treatment (ACT) is one of the few evidence-based practices
for adults with severe mental illness. Interest has slowly waned for ACT implementation. Yet …

Maternal filicide, child murder by the mother, may occur either alone or as part of a joint
filicide–suicide. This study considered differences among 3 groups of mothers who committed …

The increase in the numbers of women incarcerated in prisons and jails has given rise to
questions about their mental health and substance abuse treatment needs. This study used …

Assertive community treatment (ACT) has the potential to serve as a medical home for adults
with serious mental illness, a population that experiences some of the most significant …