Violence and Mental Disorders

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. General Aspects

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Violence as a Social, Clinical, and Forensic Problem

      • Bernardo Carpiniello, Claudio Mencacci, Antonio Vita

      Pages 3-24

   3. Neurobiology of Violence

      • Mirko Manchia, Linda Booij, Federica Pinna, Janice Wong, Florian Zepf, Stefano Comai

      Pages 25-47

   4. Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Violence in People with Mental Disorders

      • Daniel Whiting, Seena Fazel

      Pages 49-62

3. Risk Factors, Phenomenology and Characteristics of Violence in Mental Disorders

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63

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   2. Violence in Major Mental Disorders

      • Mario Amore, Andrea Aguglia, Francesca Santi, Gianluca Serafini

      Pages 65-80

   3. Psychopathy, Personality Disorders, and Violence

      • Stefano Ferracuti, Gabriele Mandarelli, Antonio Del Casale

      Pages 81-94

   4. Substance-Use Disorders and Violence

      • Fabrizio Schifano, Caroline Zangani, Stefania Chiappini, Amira Guirguis, Stefania Bonaccorso, John M. Corkery

      Pages 95-114

   5. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Intimate Partner Violence, and Trauma-Informed Intervention

      • Ohad Gilbar, Katherine E. Gnall, Hannah E. Cole, Casey T. Taft

      Pages 115-134

   6. Major Neurocognitive Disorders and Violence

      • Tracy Wharton, Daniel Paulson

      Pages 135-152

4. The Contexts of Violence

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153

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   2. Studying Patients with Severe Mental Disorders Who Act Violently: Italian and European Projects

      • Giovanni de Girolamo, Giorgio Bianconi, Maria Elena Boero, Giuseppe Carrà, Massimo Clerici, Maria Teresa Ferla et al.

      Pages 155-179

   3. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Violence by Psychiatric Acute Inpatients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis—A 2019 Update

      • Ester di Giacomo, Laura Iozzino, Clarissa Ferrari, Cosmo Strozza, Matthew Large, Olav Nielssen et al.

      Pages 181-202

   4. Violence and Mental Disorders in Jails

      • Ester di Giacomo, Massimo Clerici

      Pages 203-209

   5. Violent Behavior in Forensic Residential Facilities: The Italian Experience After the Closure of Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals

      • Enrico Zanalda, David De Cori, Grazia Ala, Alessandro Jaretti Sodano, Marco Zuffranieri

      Pages 211-227

5. Prevention and Management of Violence in Mental Health

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229

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   2. Violence Risk Assessment in Mental Health

      • Liliana Lorettu, Alessandra M. A. Nivoli, Paolo Milia, Giancarlo Nivoli

      Pages 231-252

   3. Psychopharmacology of Violent Behavior Among People with Severe Mental Disorders

      • Leslie Citrome, Jan Volavka

      Pages 253-268

   4. Non-pharmacological Approaches to Violence Among People with Severe Mental Disorders

      • Antonio Vita, Valentina Stanga, Anna Ceraso, Giacomo Deste, Stefano Barlati

      Pages 269-295

This book explores the issue of violence in detail, taking into account the role of contextual factors, as well as the epidemiology, risk factors and clinical aspects of violence related to the main mental disorders. It also offers practical information on its management – from prevention to treatment.

Covering all aspects of the problem of violence in mental disorders, the book is divided into four parts: general aspects; risk factors, phenomenology and characteristics of violence in mental disorders; contexts of violence; and prevention and management of violence in mental health. It also discusses violence in the various settings of mental health system, an aspect that has not previously been fully addressed.

The volume is intended for all those who are interested in mental health, including scholars, professionals, and students.

• Psychopathology
• Agression
• Risk factors
• Treatments
• Prevention
• Substance abuse

• Department of Medical Science and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy

  Bernardo Carpiniello

• Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

  Antonio Vita

• Department of Neuroscience, Luigi Sacco Hospital, Milano, Italy

  Claudio Mencacci

Prof. Bernardo Carpiniello is currently a Professor and Chair of Psychiatry, Department of Medical Science and Public Health at the University of Cagliari, Italy, and Director of the Postgraduate School of Psychiatry at the same University, where he has also been the Director of the Psychiatric Clinic since 2000. His main research interests are clinical psychiatry, clinical psychopharmacology, social psychiatry, psychiatric epidemiology and consultation-liaison psychiatry. He has authored or co-authored more than 350 scientific papers, most of which were published in national or international peer-reviewed journals. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Psychopathology, Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health, and the Journal of Mental Health Systems, and is co-editor of Case Reports in Medicine. He is a board member of the Italian Society of Psychopathology (SOPSI) and past President of the Italian Society of Psychiatry. He has also been President of the Italian Academic Board of Professors, the Italian Society of Social Psychiatry and the Italian Society of Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

Prof. Antonio Vita is currently a Full Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Brescia, Italy; Director of the Postgraduate School of Psychiatry at the same University; and Head of the Department of Mental Health, ASST Spedali Civili in Brescia. His research activities focus on clinical, biological, pharmacological and rehabilitative aspects of mental disorders, particularly the neuromorphological and neurofunctional correlates of psychotic disorders, and rehabilitation and cognitive remediation in schizophrenia. Prof. Vita is involved in several international research networks and is the author of over 250 papers published in major national and international scientific journals. He is currently President of the Italian Group for the Study of Cognition in Psychiatry and of the Italian Societyof Neuroimaging in Psychiatry, and past President of the World Psychiatric Association’s section on neuroimaging. He is Vice-President of the Italian Psychiatric Association and is a member of the board of the Italian Association of Biological Psychiatry. He is also on the International Society of Schizophrenia Research’s advisory board. He is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry – Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Rehabilitation section, is or has been a member of the editorial board of numerous international journals and is a regular referee for various leading international psychiatric journals.

Claudio Mencacci is currently a Professor at the Postgraduate School of Psychiatry at the  State University of Milan, Italy, Head of the Department of Neuroscience and Mental health, Fatebenefratelli Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli-Sacco, Milan, Italy, and Director of the Research Centre on depression and anxiety of the same Hospital, and of the Women’s Depression Centre of the Macedonio Melloni Hospital, Milan, Italy. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Italian Ministry of Health’s National Observatory on Mental Health, and since 2004 he has been an expert consultant to the Italian Higher Council of Health and vice-President of the IDEA Foundation. From 2012 to 2014 and from 2015 to 2017 he was President of the Italian Psychiatric Association. Prof. Mencacci has authored more than 250 scientific publications in national and international Journals.

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