Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2009) 15: 263-270. doi: 10.1192/apt.bp.107.005413
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Mood disorders and violence: a new focus

Clare Oakley, Fiona Hynes and Tom Clark

Clare Oakley is a specialty registrar in forensic psychiatry at Reaside Clinic. She is Chair of the Psychiatric Trainees’ Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Fiona Hynes is a consultant forensic psychiatrist at Ardenleigh Hospital, working in women’s forensic mental health services. Tom Clark is a consultant forensic psychiatrist at Reaside Clinic, an honorary senior clinical lecturer in forensic psychiatry at the University of Birmingham and a visiting forensic psychiatrist to HMP Birmingham.

Correspondence: Correspondence Dr Clare Oakley, Specialty Registrar, Reaside Clinic, Birmingham Great Park, Rubery, Birmingham B45 9BE, UK. Email: clareoakley{at}doctors.org.uk

Violent behaviour in people with a psychiatric disorder causes great public concern and leads to stigma for people with mental illness. There is good evidence for a correlation between schizophrenia and increased rates of violence but any association between mood disorders and violence has been comparatively overlooked. It appears that there may be more evidence relating mood disorders and violence than many clinicians realise. This article highlights the difficulties in assessing this, summarises what is known and discusses what this means for clinical practice.


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