Association between violence, psychosis, and relationship to victim in stalkers

Authors
Farnham, FR James, DV Cantrell, P
Citation
Fr. Farnham et al., Association between violence, psychosis, and relationship to victim in stalkers, LANCET, 355(9199), 2000, pp. 199-199
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
355
Issue
9199
Year of publication
2000
Pages
199 - 199
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(20000115)355:9199<199:ABVPAR>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
50 stalkers were assessed before their trials. Serious violence was signifi cantly associated with previous sexual intimacy between stalker and victim; such stalkers were significantly less likely than those who stalked strang ers to have psychotic illness.