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| H PutkonenSummaryAffiliation: Vanha Vaasa Hospital Country: Finland Publications
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Psychopathic traits and offender characteristics - a nationwide consecutive sample of homicidal male adolescentsNina Lindberg
Helsinki University Central Hospital, Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, PO Box 590, 00029 HUS HYKS, Helsinki, Finland
BMC Psychiatry 9:18. 2009..A further aim was to investigate associations between psychopathic traits and offender and offence characteristics in adolescent homicides...
Female homicide offenders have greatly increased mortality from unnatural deathsH Putkonen
National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN 00300, Helsinki, Finland
Forensic Sci Int 119:221-4. 2001..In conclusion, homicidal women have an over 200-fold risk of unnatural death, rising to over 400-fold for suicide. This should be taken into consideration in planning discharge programmes for homicidal offenders...
Gender differences in homicide offenders' criminal career, substance abuse and mental health care. A nationwide register-based study of Finnish homicide offenders 1995-2004Hanna Putkonen
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Vaasa, Finland
Crim Behav Ment Health 21:51-62. 2011..It is generally considered that women who kill are more likely to have a psychiatric disorder than their male counterparts, but as a relatively small group, women are much less often studied than men in this context...
Filicide in Austria and Finland--a register-based study on all filicide cases in Austria and Finland 1995-2005Hanna Putkonen
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, PO Box 13, 65381 Vaasa, Finland
BMC Psychiatry 9:74. 2009..Yet, filicide is an underreported crime and previous studies have been strained with methodological problems. No comprehensive international studies on filicide have been presented in the literature until now...
Differences between homicide and filicide offenders; results of a nationwide register-based case-control studyHanna Putkonen
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, PO Box 13, 65381 Vaasa, Finland
BMC Psychiatry 9:27. 2009..In the research on filicide, nationwide studies with comparison groups, specific perpetrator subgroups, and assessment of possible risk factors have been called for. The purpose of the current study was to provide all that...
Homicide, psychopathy, and aging--a nationwide register-based case-comparison study of homicide offenders aged 60 years or olderHanna Putkonen
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, PO Box 13, 65381 Vaasa, Finland
J Forensic Sci 55:1552-6. 2010..The interpersonal/affective factor 1 scores did not differ. Understanding the possible underlying phenomena of violent behavior may provide help for developing services for the elderly...
Neonaticides may be more preventable and heterogeneous than previously thought - neonaticides in Finland 1980-2000H Putkonen
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Vaasa, Finland
Arch Womens Ment Health 10:15-23. 2007....
Risk of repeat offending among violent female offenders with psychotic and personality disordersHanna Putkonen
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, PO Box 13, FIN 65381 Vaasa, Finland
Am J Psychiatry 160:947-51. 2003....
Forensic psychiatric perspective on criminality associated with intellectual disability: a nationwide register-based studyL Männynsalo
Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
J Intellect Disabil Res 53:279-88. 2009....
Increased deep sleep in a medication-free, detoxified female offender with schizophrenia, alcoholism and a history of attempted homicide: case reportNina Lindberg
Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Physiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
BMC Psychiatry 4:35. 2004..The authors are not aware of previous sleep studies in patients with both schizophrenia and antisocial personality disorder...
Psychiatric trainees in Finland 2001Hanna Putkonen
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 59:148-51. 2005..Moreover, research must become more attractive. Psychiatry can be developed by the development of psychiatric training...
Homicide-suicide - an event hard to prevent and separate from homicide or suicideOuti Saleva
National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN 00300 Helsinki, Finland
Forensic Sci Int 166:204-8. 2007..Since shooting is the most common method of homicide-suicide, firearm licenses should be more restricted...
Examination of psychopathy in female homicide offenders--confirmatory factor analysis of the PCL-RGhitta Weizmann-Henelius
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Vaasa, Finland
Int J Law Psychiatry 33:177-83. 2010..Further research on the PCL-R and putative gender differences in the expression of psychopathy in women and men as well as on the putative impact of cultural differences on the instrument is clearly needed...
Intoxication and violent womenGhitta Weizmann-Henelius
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Vaasa, Finland
Arch Womens Ment Health 12:15-25. 2009..Substance misuse constitutes an obvious risk factor for violent behavior in women, and therefore the prevention should include substance abuse treatment...
Changes over time in homicides by women: a register-based study comparing female offenders from 1982 to 1992 and 1993 to 2005Hanna Putkonen
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, Vaasa, Finland hanna putkonen vvs fi
Crim Behav Ment Health 18:268-78. 2008..The contribution of women to violent offending, including homicide, may be increasing as society changes...
Sleep architecture in homicidal women with antisocial personality disorder--a preliminary studyNina Lindberg
Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Physiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Psychiatry Res 145:67-73. 2006..From the perspective of sleep research, the biological correlates of severe impulsive violence seem to be similar in both sexes...
Increased deep sleep in a medication-free, detoxified female offender with schizophrenia, alcoholism and a history of attempted homicide: effect of concomitant administration of quetiapine and citalopramNina Lindberg
Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Physiology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Crim Behav Ment Health 16:60-6. 2006..An increased amount of deep sleep has been shown to be associated with antisocial personality disorder. This phenomenon has also been observed in a habitually violent female offender with schizophrenia and alcohol dependence...
Legal outcomes of all suspected neonaticides in Finland 1980-2000Hanna Putkonen
Vanha Vaasa Hospital, PO Box 13, 65381 Vaasa, Finland
Int J Law Psychiatry 30:248-54. 2007..Therefore, further discussion and research is needed to elucidate this perplexing, sad, and utterly redundant offence in modern society, to prevent it, and develop treatment programs for the offenders...
Patient restrictions: are there ethical alternatives to seclusion and restraint?Raija Kontio
University of Turku, Turku, Finland, and Kellokoski Hospital, Tuusula, Finland
Nurs Ethics 17:65-76. 2010....
Lethal gastroenteritis associated with clozapine and loperamideMarkku Eronen
Am J Psychiatry 160:2242-3. 2003
Orlistat in clozapine- or olanzapine-treated patients with overweight or obesity: a 16-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialGrigori Joffe
Kellokoski Hospital, Kellokoski, Finland
J Clin Psychiatry 69:706-11. 2008..We investigated the feasibility of treatment with orlistat, a weight-control drug with no central effects, for overweight/obesity in clozapine- or olanzapine-treated male and female patients...
