This study tested a family-based skills-building intervention in veterans with chronic combat-related
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Veterans and a family member were randomly …

OBJECTIVE: Relationships among different dimensions of patient satisfaction and selected
demographic, clinical, and outcome variables were explored in a sample of severely ill …

Sexual serial homicidal behavior has received considerable attention during the last three
decades. Substantial progress has been made in the development of methods aimed at …

To test further the highly successful outcomes of a controlled study of in-home behavioural
family management (BFM) for schizophrenic patients, a clinic-based version of this …

OBJECTIVE: Mental health evaluation of competence to consent has been proposed as an
important safeguard for patients requesting assisted suicide, yet mental health professionals …

Posttraumatic stress disorder has long been linked to violent behavior. However, the exact
nature of that association remains poorly characterized due to the limitations of knowledge in …

Serial sexual homicide has been the object of intensive study from forensic psychiatric,
criminological, developmental, and sociological perspectives. In contradistinction to these …

Capgras syndrome, or syndrome of doubles, is manifested by the misidentification delusion
in which an individual believes that other persons, generally those emotionally close to him …

Delusional jealousy is an important subject for forensic psychiatry because of its well-known
association with violence, especially as directed toward spouses. In this article, we report a …

The central feature of misidentification syndromes is the presence of a delusion in which either
the identity of the self or other persons is misrecognized. Recent psychiatric case reports …