Violence and Mental Illness - Public Defenders Office : Lawlink NSW

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Violence and Mental Illness Public Defenders Criminal Law Conference 2008 Paper presented in four parts by Dr Olav Nielssen, Forensic Psychiatrist Legal implications of the increased risk of homicide and serious violence in the first episode of psychotic illness Homicide during psychotic illness in NSW between 1993 and 2002 Evidence for a relationship between the duration of untreated psychosis and the proportion of psychotic homicides prior to treatment Mental health laws that require dangerousness for involuntary admission may delay the initial treatment of schizophrenia

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