Table 3.
Association between antipsychotic medication and violent crime suspicions or suicidal behaviour in personality disorders as reported by incident rate ratios (IRR) derived from within-individual analyses
| Men | Women | |||||
| Cases | IRR | 95% CI | Cases | IRR | 95% CI | |
| Violent crime suspicions | ||||||
| No medication (ref) | 6656 | 1.00 | 1241 | 1.00 | ||
| Medication | 2309 | 0.60 | 0.55 to 0.63 | 813 | 0.90 | 0.79 to 1.01 |
| Suicidal behaviour | ||||||
| No medication (ref) | 18 884 | 1.00 | 21 295 | 1.00 | ||
| Medication | 10 227 | 0.68 | 0.66 to 0.71 | 11 886 | 0.68 | 0.65 to 0.70 |
Models are adjusted for age and use of antidepressants and hypnotics/anxiolytics.