Inflammation Markers in Patients with Bipolar Disorder Who Have Committed Offenses and Their Relationship with Criminal Behavior

Sırlıer Emir, Burcu; Yıldız, Sevler; Kazğan Kılıçaslan, Aslı; Kurt, Osman; Uğur, Kerim; Tabara, Muhammed Fatih; Aydın, Süleyman

doi:10.3390/medicina59101725

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“…In a recent study involving 686 adults with bipolar disorder (vs. 343 healthy controls), researchers found that the systemic immune-inflammatory index (a combined measurement of neutrophils, lymphocytes, and platelet counts) was higher among people with bipolar disorder who had committed criminal offenses [187]. Similar findings of increased inflammatory immune markers have been reported for adults with schizophrenia who had committed crimes vs. noncriminal patients [188].…”

Section: Microbiome and Mechanismsmentioning

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Nutritional Criminology: Why the Emerging Research on Ultra-Processed Food Matters to Health and Justice

Prescott,

Logan,

D’Adamo

et al. 2024

IJERPH

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There is mounting concern over the potential harms associated with ultra-processed foods, including poor mental health and antisocial behavior. Cutting-edge research provides an enhanced understanding of biophysiological mechanisms, including microbiome pathways, and invites a historical reexamination of earlier work that investigated the relationship between nutrition and criminal behavior. Here, in this perspective article, we explore how this emergent research casts new light and greater significance on previous key observations. Despite expanding interest in the field dubbed ‘nutritional psychiatry’, there has been relatively little attention paid to its relevancy within criminology and the criminal justice system. Since public health practitioners, allied mental health professionals, and policymakers play key roles throughout criminal justice systems, a holistic perspective on both historical and emergent research is critical. While there are many questions to be resolved, the available evidence suggests that nutrition might be an underappreciated factor in prevention and treatment along the criminal justice spectrum. The intersection of nutrition and biopsychosocial health requires transdisciplinary discussions of power structures, industry influence, and marketing issues associated with widespread food and social inequalities. Some of these discussions are already occurring under the banner of ‘food crime’. Given the vast societal implications, it is our contention that the subject of nutrition in the multidisciplinary field of criminology—referred to here as nutritional criminology—deserves increased scrutiny. Through combining historical findings and cutting-edge research, we aim to increase awareness of this topic among the broad readership of the journal, with the hopes of generating new hypotheses and collaborations.

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Section: Microbiome and Mechanismsmentioning

confidence: 56%

Nutritional Criminology: Why the Emerging Research on Ultra-Processed Food Matters to Health and Justice

Prescott,

Logan,

D’Adamo

et al. 2024

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The Legalome: Nutritional Psychology and Microbiome Sciences at the Intersection of Criminal Justice, Mens Rea, and Mitigation

Prescott,

Logan

2024

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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Recent studies have linked ultra-processed foods with neuropsychiatric disorders, and behaviors of relevance to the criminal justice system. This nutritional epidemiology has been bolstered by mechanistic bench science, human intervention trials, addiction science, and advances in microbiome research. Here, we examine this burgeoning research through the lens of diminished capacity and criminal intent. We use recent legal decisions related to auto-brewery syndrome as a way to illustrate how intersecting diet and gut microbiome science is already finding its way to criminal courtrooms. The legalome—microbiome and omics science applied in forensic and legal psychology—is emerging as an important consideration for experts within the field of criminal justice and behavior. It is our contention that decisions related to auto-brewery syndrome are merely a prelude to the ways in which the combination of forensic microbiology and forensic psychology will challenge basic assumptions of free will and mens rea.

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Could the shortness in the digit ratio (2D:4D) of manic people with bipolar disorder be directly associated with criminal behavior?

Emre,

Yıldız,

Aydin

et al. 2024

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between 2D:4D digit ratio and aggression and impulsivity in manic patients (BP) with and without a history of criminal behavior. The study included a total of 106 participants, which encompassed 41 healthy individuals, 34 BP with a history of criminal behavior (CBP), and 31 BP who had not engaged in criminal activity (NCBP). All participants were administered a socio-demographic data form, the Buss-Perry Aggression Scale (BAQ), Barratt Impulsiveness Scale-11 (BIS-11), and the Young Mania Rating Scale (YMRS) for those with bipolar manic disorder and 2D:4D digit ratio measurement. The right hand 2D:4D finger ratios of BP included in the study were significantly lower compared to the control group, and that the right hand 2D:4D finger ratio was correlated with the duration of the illness. Moreover the BAQ scores of BP were higher compared to the control group. In CBP, both the right hand 2D:4D and left hand 2D:4D were significantly lower compared to the control group. Furthermore, the BIS-11 score and YMRS of CBP were significantly higher compared to NCBP.

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Inflammation Markers in Patients with Bipolar Disorder Who Have Committed Offenses and Their Relationship with Criminal Behavior

Cited by 5 publications

References 55 publications

Nutritional Criminology: Why the Emerging Research on Ultra-Processed Food Matters to Health and Justice

Nutritional Criminology: Why the Emerging Research on Ultra-Processed Food Matters to Health and Justice

The Legalome: Nutritional Psychology and Microbiome Sciences at the Intersection of Criminal Justice, Mens Rea, and Mitigation

Could the shortness in the digit ratio (2D:4D) of manic people with bipolar disorder be directly associated with criminal behavior?

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