RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Dangerousness and Command Hallucinations: An Investigation of Psychotic Inpatients
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 219
OP 224
VO 24
IS 2
A1 Kasper, M. Elizabeth
A1 Rogers, Richard
A1 Adams, Pam A.
YR 1996
UL http://jaapl.org/content/24/2/219.abstract
AB Forensic consultations with psychotic inpatients frequently include issues of risk management, such as dangerousness and civil commitment. An important dimension of these consultations is the role of command hallucinations in producing an increased risk of aggressive behavior. In the present study, psychotic patients with command hallucinations (N = 27) were compared with patients with other hallucinations (N = 27) and with other psychotic patients (N = 30). The groups did not differ on aggressive behavior or most nonhallucinatory symptoms. However, most patients (84.0%) with command hallucinations had recently obeyed them. Among those with command hallucinations, almost one-half had heard and attempted to obey messages of self-harm during the last month.