Bradford J M, Greenberg D M, Motayne G G
Forensic Service, Royal Ottawa Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
Psychiatr Clin North Am. 1992 Sep;15(3):605-22.
As forensic psychiatry develops as a clinical subspecialty, clinical skill in understanding, treating, and predicting violent behavior will become more important. This article addresses the importance of understanding the relationship between substance abuse and violent behavior. This article also discusses morbidity and mortality in substance abuse, the demographics of substance abuse and criminality, and the clinical aspects of the forensic psychiatric evaluation.
