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Article: Research from Mackay Memorial Hospital, Department of Psychiatry provides new data about mental illness epidemiology.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
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- May 6, 2009
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Research findings, 'Crime victimization of persons with severe mental illness in Taiwan,' are discussed in a new report. According to recent research published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, "Research in the West has shown that persons with severe mental illness are easy targets of criminals. The aim of the present study was to investigate the types, incidence, and prevalence of crime victimization and its demographic and clinical correlates among persons with severe mental illness in Taiwan."
"Participants diagnosed with schizophrenia or major affective disorders were selected from the psychiatric service of a general hospital. They ...