First-time violent offending following psychosis diagnosis: Exploring community treatment order use and sociodemographic risk factors

<jats:p>Psychosis is commonly associated with an elevated risk of violence. This population-based study of people diagnosed with psychosis in New South Wales (n=126,198) found that 15.2 percent committed a violent offence, most commonly within four years following diagnosis. Those who had offended tended to have histories of non-violent offending, to have been diagnosed at a younger age, to have substance-related psychosis and to have several risk factors associated with criminal behaviour. Being subject to a community treatment order was generally associated with a higher risk of violence, but results suggest a delay in violent offending for those subject to these orders.</jats:p>