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University of Oxford: Review highlights risk factors associated with violence in schizophrenia

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The systematic review, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, looked at 24 studies which covered more than 50,000 people with schizophrenia across 15 countries over four decades. Professor Seena Fazel of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry said: ‘The perception that schizophrenia is associated with violent behaviour attracts considerable media attention and occasionally misleading headlines. This systematic […]