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A Cognitive, Behaviorally Based Program for Patients With Persistent Mental Illness and a History of Aggression, Crime, or Both: Structure and Correlates of Completers of the Program

Kathy Yates, Michal Kunz, Pal Czobor, Steve Rabinowitz, Jean-Pierre Lindenmayer and Jan Volavka
Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online June 2005, 33 (2) 214-222;
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    Diagnosis and Medical History

    Total Sample (n = 181)Completed and Discharged (n = 90)Non-completers (n = 91)
    n%n%n%
    Diagnosis
        Psychosis1437970787380NS
        Mood disorder241314161011NS
        Comorbid substance abuse1256961686470NS
        Antisocial PD824542474044NS
        Borderline PD211210111112NS
    Medical history
        History of learning disability512926292528NS
        History of loss of consciousness2413161889NS
        History of head injury221210111214NS
    • PD, personality disorder.

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    Criminal and Psychiatric History

    (1) Completed and Discharged (n = 90)(2) Non-completers (n = 91)(1) vs. (2) F (p > F)
    MeanSDMeanSD
    Arrests9.078.58.910.3NS
    Arrests for violent crimes3.263.333.12.9NS
    Days spent in prison1517189716542286NS
    Hospitalizations8.26.810.08.6NS
    Days spent in hospitals2069165425112240NS
    • Data are expressed as the mean number of each item ± SD.

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    Baseline Psychological Measures

    Clinical MeasureCompleters (DC) (n = 90)Non-completers (Non-DC) (n = 91)Intergroup Comparison*
    MeanSDMeanSDFdfP
    WAIS full scale IQ80.89.1875.47.038.941<.01
    n = 70n = 32
    WAIS verbal IQ82.310.777.26.46.351.01
    WAIS performance IQ81.28.876.210.36.471.01
    Beta II IQ72.810.865.07.813.221<.01
    n = 69n = 31
    PCL:SV total score16.14.116.53.30.201NS
    n = 80n = 33
    Barratt total score62.310.968.68.69.021<.01
    n = 72n = 36
    Sensation seeking scale15.25.117.64.16.011.02
    n = 74n = 36
    Buss-Durkee hostility inventory33.711.840.39.88.541<.01
    n = 75n = 37
    • * One-way ANOVA.

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