Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

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CLINICAL AND CRIMINAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA EXHIBITING HOMICIDAL AND NON-HOMICIDAL BEHAVIOR: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.

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It offers a descriptive profile distinguishing premeditated homicidal from impulsive non-homicidal violence in forensic schizophrenia patients, reinforcing attention to treatment non-adherence and personality features in risk formulation. It is a single-site retrospective comparison with small groups and no predictive validation, so it supplies context rather than any finding an evaluator must now cite, qualify or abandon.

J Korean Med Sci. 2026;41(33):e212.