Research in the area of mental illness reported from University of Auckland, Division of Psychological Medicine

New research, "Mentally abnormal homicide in New Zealand as defined by legal and clinical criteria: a national study," is the subject of a report. "Homicides by people with mental illness have been studied using either clinical or legal categorization of the homicide as abnormal. No previous study has employed both definitions in the same population. A retrospective study of all homicides in New Zealand between 1988 and 2000 considered mentally abnormal homicide using a legal definition (when the courts deemed a contribution of mental illness was present) and a clinical definition (defined as the presence of a discharge diagnosis from inpatient mental health treatment) of 'mentally...

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