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Bipolar Disorder and Crime - Coggle Diagram
Bipolar Disorder and Crime
uncommon
murder is rare among manic patients
At time of arrest 66 inmates experienced
manic or mixed episode
25% were depressed
59% were psychotic
more manic or mixed episode were experiencing psychotic symptoms when arrested than those depressed
bipolar illness phase does not correlate with type of crime
statistical significance between presence of psychosis and violent charges
women more likely to be charged with property crime
men were not more likely to be charged with violent crime
80% had criminal record
61.6% were under legal supervision at time of arrest
Aggressive history examples (capable of both noise and harm)
throwing chairs in police station
robbery and assault
breaking down a door to an apartment while armed with several weapons (sword, pool cue, hammer)
harassment and menacing
criminal possession of a weapon
hitting a complaint by driving a car into him
banging head against prison cell door in an agitated state
assault and burglary
attempted robbery
kicking arresting officers
being agitated and threatening in prison
angrily and abusively threatening a stranger
Avg defendant = Caucasian male, late 30's
Psychiatric hospitalizations
Incarceration history
arrested for simple assaults
arrested for threats
arrested for minor property damage (i.e. destroying a window in a state of rage)
victims were usually strangers, except in sexual cases
responds better to forensic hospital than prison
often appeared elated and nonthreatening during clinical exam
capable of variety of offenses while manic
petty theft
swindling
minor assault
fraud
drunkenness
crime can range from trivial to deadly
violence may appear during acute episodes
most likely to be physically assaultive during the first 24 hours of hospitalization and first 3 days
can become violent when feeling restricted or when limits are set by hospital staff
violence can be related to illness progression or factors related to hospitalization
not all manic individuals are violent