Anti‐social personality characteristics and psychotic symptoms: Two pathways associated with offending in schizophrenia

Dongen, Josanne D. M. van; Buck, Nicole; Barendregt, Marko; Beveren, Nico M. van; Beurs, Edwin de; Marle, H.J.C. van

doi:10.1002/cbm.1923

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“…The authors found that LLS comprised a small proportion of their sample (7%) and that substance misuse was significantly less likely among LLS compared to ES and non-offenders with schizophrenia. Although still evident in both ES and LS, persecutory delusions were most strongly associated with membership in the LLS group, while the ES group had more antisocial personality traits, conduct problems in adolescence and substance use problems (Van Dongen et al, 2014). LS were not compared to LLS on these latter dimensions.…”

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“…A small number of studies have investigated ES and LS subgroups on a number of dimensions (see Table 1), lending support to the existence of distinct subgroups showing varying trajectories to violence. Unfortunately, ES and LS groups have not been consistently operationalized across studies, and just one study (Van Dongen et al, 2014, 2015) has investigated the LLS group. One approach has been to define the groups on the basis of whether the first incident of offending occurred before (ES) or after (LS) 18 years of age (Hodgins and Janson, 2002; Laajasalo and Hakkanen, 2005; Pedersen et al, 2010b; Tengström et al, 2001) or whether or not they had a diagnosis of conduct disorder prior to age 15 (Mathieu and Côté, 2009; Sánchez-SanSegundo et al, 2014).…”

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“…One approach has been to define the groups on the basis of whether the first incident of offending occurred before (ES) or after (LS) 18 years of age (Hodgins and Janson, 2002; Laajasalo and Hakkanen, 2005; Pedersen et al, 2010b; Tengström et al, 2001) or whether or not they had a diagnosis of conduct disorder prior to age 15 (Mathieu and Côté, 2009; Sánchez-SanSegundo et al, 2014). A second approach defines ES as those with an age of first arrest or violence which is less than the age onset of their SMI, and vice versa for the LS (Jones et al, 2010; Kooyman et al, 2012; Taylor, 1993; Van Dongen, 2014, 2015). This latter approach is arguably more developmentally meaningful, being sensitive to the interrelationship between the age onset of illness and offending.…”

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Developmental typologies of serious mental illness and violence: Evidence from a forensic psychiatric setting

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Chan

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Aust N Z J Psychiatry

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We found support for distinct subgroups of mentally ill offenders based on the age onset of illness and criminal contact. Compared to late starters, offenses committed by early starters may be motivated more frequently by antisocial lifestyle and attitudes, as well as more instrumental behaviors related to substance abuse. In addition, late late starters may represent a distinct third subgroup within late starters, characterized by relatively higher levels of functioning and social stability; future work should replicate. Findings suggest different rehabilitation needs of the subgroups.

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Developmental typologies of serious mental illness and violence: Evidence from a forensic psychiatric setting

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“…Another possibility is that subclinical psychopathic traits may have effects on morphometric changes even in our subjects with schizophrenia and a history of serious violence. Several reports have shown that individuals with schizophrenia and a history of violent offenses also possess psychopathic traits or antisocial traits [44, 45]. The biopsychosocial background of violence in people with schizophrenia may be heterogeneous.…”

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Brain structure differences among male schizophrenic patients with history of serious violent acts: an MRI voxel-based morphometric study

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BackgroundThe biological underpinnings of serious violent behaviors in patients with schizophrenia remain unclear. The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of brain morphometry in patients with schizophrenia and a history of serious violent acts, who were being treated under relatively new legislation for offenders with mental illness in Japan where their relevant action should be strongly associated with their mental illness. We also investigated whether morphometric changes would depend on types of serious violent actions or not.MethodsThirty-four male patients with schizophrenia who were hospitalized after committing serious violent acts were compared with 23 male outpatients or inpatients with schizophrenia and no history of violent acts. T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with voxel-based morphometry was used to assess gray matter volume. Additionally, patients with violent acts were divided based on whether their relevant actions were premeditated or not. The regional volumes of these two groups were compared to those of the control patient group.ResultsPatients with schizophrenia and a history of serious violent acts showed significantly smaller regional volumes of the right inferior temporal area expanded to the middle temporal gyrus and the temporal pole, and the right insular area compared to patients without a history of violence. Patients with premeditated violent acts showed significantly smaller regional volumes of the right inferior temporal area, the right insular area, the left planum polare area including the insula, and the bilateral precuneus area including the posterior cingulate gyrus than those without a history of violence, whereas patients with impulsive violent acts showed significantly smaller volumes of only the right inferior temporal area compared to those without a history of violence.ConclusionsPatients with schizophrenia and a history of serious violent acts showed structural differences in some brain regions compared to those with schizophrenia and no history of violence. Abnormalities in the right inferior temporal area were relatively common but did not depend on whether the violent actions were premeditated or not, and abnormalities in a wider range may be attributed to not only planning the violent action against others but also to maintaining that plan.Trial registrationUMIN.ac.jp UMIN000008065. Registered 2012/05/31.

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“…While only few studies have examined social cognition in individuals with schizophrenia with a history of aggression [14,17,18], these suggest that aggression per se is coupled with impaired social cognition. However, not all studies have found that social cognition is more impaired in those with schizophrenia who have been aggressive compared with those who have not [19], possibly related to the recognition that aggression in those with schizophrenia broadly separates into that which begins early with a history of conduct disorder and impulsivity and that which has a later debut which is often regarded to be more intimately connected with psychotic content [20]. Yet clinically it is well known that even young persons with schizophrenia may have an early debut into violence which is driven by their psychotic experiences and which occurs without a history of conduct disorder.…”

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Psychotically driven aggression is associated with greater mentalizing challenges in psychotic spectrum disorders

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Background Some aggressive acts committed by individuals with psychotic spectrum disorders (PSD) are understandable in the context of interpersonal conflict or goal attainment, yet others are unpredictable, arising from delusions or hallucinations (psychotically driven aggressive acts, PDA). It is unknown if there are underlying differences in cognitive or perceptive social cognition in relation to aggression motivation in PSD. Method We compared differences in social cognition performance between 49 individuals with PSD who had committed PDA with those exhibiting other types of aggression (n = 31) (non-PDA) and to community controls (n = 81) on the Swedish version of Double Movie for the Assessment of Social Cognition – Multiple Choice (DMASC-MC). Participants with PSD had more than 3 months of clinical stability and substance use abstention and stable antipsychotic medication doses. General intellectual ability was assessed with the information and matrix reasoning subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scales. Results The PSD group with a history of PDA exhibited lower total and perceptive social cognition scores on the DMASC-MC than the non-PDA group and controls. In addition, they also showed lower cognitive scores compared to typical controls. Lower total scores were associated with lower scores on Wechsler intelligence subtests information and matrix reasoning. Taking this into account, the PDA group still had lower social cognition scores. There were no associations of antipsychotic medication dosages, positive or negative symptoms with social cognition scores. Higher antipsychotic dosage at the time of DMASC-MC testing and social cognition scores predicted a past history of PDA. Conclusions We conclude that impaired social cognition, particularly perceptive social cognition, is associated with PDA in individuals with PSD.

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Anti‐social personality characteristics and psychotic symptoms: Two pathways associated with offending in schizophrenia

Cited by 15 publications

References 27 publications

Developmental typologies of serious mental illness and violence: Evidence from a forensic psychiatric setting

Developmental typologies of serious mental illness and violence: Evidence from a forensic psychiatric setting

Brain structure differences among male schizophrenic patients with history of serious violent acts: an MRI voxel-based morphometric study

Psychotically driven aggression is associated with greater mentalizing challenges in psychotic spectrum disorders

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