Table 2.
Characteristics in forensic psychiatric patients who did and did not discontinue pharmacological treatment post-discharge.
| Total sample (n = 856) | Discontinued treatment (n = 488) | Did not discontinue treatment (n = 368) |
p
Discontinuation/no discontinuation |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Women | 166 (19) | 89 (18) | 77 (21) | 0.34 |
| Pre-index crime criminal conviction | 561 (66) | 327 (67) | 234 (64) | 0.31 |
| Pre-index crime psychiatric care | 791 (93) | 444 (92) | 347 (94) | 0.28 |
| Pre-index crime substance abuse | 496 (59) | 296 (62) | 200 (56) | 0.10 |
| Index crime violent | 735 (86) | 422 (87) | 313 (85) | 0.55 |
| Special court supervision | 618 (72) | 350 (72) | 268 (73) | 0.70 |
| Any psychosis | 550 (64) | 313 (64) | 237 (64) | 0.94 |
| Any personality disorder | 144 (17) | 87 (18) | 57 (16) | 0.41 |
| Psychosis and personality disorder | 51 (6) | 33 (7) | 18 (5) | 0.31 |
| Psychosis, no personality disorder | 499 (58) | 280 (57) | 219 (60) | 0.58 |
| Personality disorder, no psychosis | 93 (11) | 54 (11) | 39 (11) | 0.91 |
| No personality disorder, no psychosis | 213 (25) | 121 (25) | 92 (25) | 1.00 |
| Trustee (förvaltare) at discharge | 171 (20) | 64 (13) | 107 (29) | 0.00 |
| Limited guardian (god man) at discharge | 162 (19) | 77 (16) | 85 (23) | 0.01 |
| Supported living accommodation at discharge | 321 (38) | 147 (30) | 174 (48) | 0.00 |
| M (Md) | M (Md) | M (Md) | ||
| Age at admission (years) | 39.6 (38) | 40.1 (39.5) | 38.9 (37.5) | 0.20 |
| Age at discharge (years) | 44.9 (44) | 44.6 (44) | 45.2 (44) | 0.49 |
| Length of stay (years) | 5.4 (4.2) | 4.6 (3.6) | 6.4 (5.0) | 0.00 |