Moral cognition and homicide amongst forensic patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: A cross-sectional cohort study

Corvin, Aiden; Kennedy, Harry

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2017.07.026

Moral cognition and homicide amongst forensic patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: A cross-sectional cohort study

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2018

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Corvin, Aiden

Kennedy, Harry

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O'Reilly, K., O'Connell, P., Corvin, A., (...), Richter, M., Kennedy, H. , Moral cognition and homicide amongst forensic patients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder: A cross-sectional cohort study, Schizophrenia Research, 193, 2018, 468-469

Abstract

Abstract Forensic patients with schizophrenia who had carried out a homicide scored higher on a measure of moral cognition (MFQ-30) than other violent patients. Neurocognitive impairment was associated with homicide by mediation via higher scores for in-group loyalty.