Criminal behaviors and substance abuse in psychiatric patients

• Published in: European psychiatry Vol. 66; no. S1; pp. S536 - S537
• Main Authors: Benatti, B., Achilli, F., Leo, S., Molteni, L., Piccoli, E., Gobbo, D., Dell’Osso, B. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Cambridge University Press 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Drug abuse; Mental disorders

IntroductionPeople with mental illness are overrepresented throughout the criminal justice system. In Italy, an ongoing process of deinstitutionalization has been enacted: the Judicial Psychiatric Hospitals are now on the edge of their closure in favor of small-scale therapeutic facilities (Residenz...