personality. 75 and had committed schizoaffective disorder. Eysenck & a violent offence, Eysenck, 1991), 26% murder/ manslaughter which they admitted to. Beck conviction, 18% attempted Depression murder or arson, 20% grievous Inventory-II bodily harm, 17% armed robbery (Beck, Steer & or threats to harm/kill, 12% actual Brown, 1996) bodily harm or common assault. and the Quick Test (QT; Ammons & Ammons, 1962). Gray, Carman, To explore the Quantitative 37 participants who 32 males and 5 females. Semi-structured Rogers, frequency of PTSD Cross-sectional were resident within interview Mean age of 35 years. MacCulloch, symptoms in a design. medium secure focused upon Hayward & group of offenders hospitals in the UK, PTSD 64.9% schizophrenia, 10.8% Snowden (2003) with mental who had been symptoms, bipolar disorder, 10.8% major disorder and to convicted of serious Impact of depression and 13.5% personality investigate what offences and had Events Scale disorder. factors may received a diagnosis of (IES; Horowitz, 16.2% murder conviction, 51.4% mental disorder. contribute to the Wilner & other violent (non-sexual) onset and Alvarez, 1979), conviction, 8.1% rape conviction, maintenance of BDI (Beck et 13.5% paedophilia conviction, PTSD. al., 1961) and 8.1% arson conviction and 2.7% the State-Trait kidnapping conviction. Anxiety Inventory (STAI; Speilberger, Gorscuh & Lushene, 1970).
personality. 75 and had committed a violent offence, which they admitted to. schizoaffective disorder. 26% murder/ manslaughter conviction, 18% attempted murder or arson, 20% grievous bodily harm, 17% armed robbery or threats to harm/kill, 12% actual bodily harm or common assault. Eysenck & Eysenck, 1991), Beck Depression Inventory-II (Beck, Steer & Brown, 1996) and the Quick Test (QT; Ammons & Ammons, 1962). Gray, Carman, Rogers, MacCulloch, Hayward & Snowden (2003) To explore the frequency of PTSD symptoms in a group of offenders with mental disorder and to investigate what factors may contribute to the onset and maintenance of PTSD. Quantitative Cross-sectional design. 37 participants who were resident within medium secure hospitals in the UK, who had been convicted of serious offences and had received a diagnosis of mental disorder. 32 males and 5 females. Mean age of 35 years. 64.9% schizophrenia, 10.8% bipolar disorder, 10.8% major depression and 13.5% personality disorder. 16.2% murder conviction, 51.4% other violent (non-sexual) conviction, 8.1% rape conviction, 13.5% paedophilia conviction, 8.1% arson conviction and 2.7% kidnapping conviction. Semi-structured interview focused upon PTSD symptoms, Impact of Events Scale (IES; Horowitz, Wilner & Alvarez, 1979), BDI (Beck et al., 1961) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI; Speilberger, Gorscuh & Lushene, 1970).