Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:691-693
Copyright © 1976 by American Psychiatric Association
Psychiatric illness in homicide victims
M Herjanic and DA Meyer
The authors studied the demographic characteristics and history of
psychiatric treatment of 214 homicide victims and 67 suicide victims.
Thirty-two (15%) of the homicide victims and 12 (18%) of the suicide
victims had a record of psychiatric care; these rates were higher than the
treatment rate of the general population. The authors suggest that there
may be a connection between the occurrence of homicide and the increased
frequency of psychiatric disorders among victims of this crime.
