Objective This study was designed to identify variables that correlate with the risk of suicide
in two patient groups that differ mainly in their level of expressed aggression. Method Twenty-…

… Marc Hillbrand received his PhD in clinical psychology in 1986 from Kent State University. …
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Marc Hillbrand, Department …

Psychologist practitioners are not immune to certain mental health problems, including
suicidality, for which they provide services. In the aftermath of two recent psychologist suicides, …

Parricides account for about 2% of all homicides. Perpetrators are typically White middle-class
males without a history of prior criminal convictions. Most parricides involve single-victim, …

… In line with results from a pilot investigation (Hillbrand, 1992), I hypothesized that aggression
against self is associated with greater aggression against others in violent psychiatric …

The importance of hope in the treatment of physical ills is well documented. Less is known
about its role in the treatment of mental illness. Hope, the expectation of achieving a goal, …

1. Failures in higher cortical executive functions and dyscontrol of aggressive impulses were
hypothesized to co-occur in aggressive men. 2. The performance of a sample of violent …

Forensic patients with schizophrenia who fail to adhere to prescribed antipsychotic
medication risk recidivism, which continues to be a serious concern. It affects all stages of trial …

This study evaluated the clinical correlates and inpatient course of self-mutilation in a
diagnostically diverse sample of hospitalized forensic patients. Fifty-three male forensic inpatients, …

At a maximum-security forensic hospital over a three-year period, 79 patients (35 percent of
all patients) were involved in 157 staff injuries. Staff members' average postinjury absence …