Those taking antipsychotic medication to treat psychiatric illness are 45% less likely to commit a violent crime compared to when they are not using the drugs, researchers from Oxford University and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found.
Antipsychotic drugs see drop in violent crime
Research
8 May 2014
People taking drugs for psychiatric problems like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are less likely to commit a violent crime compared to when they are not on the drugs, a new study has found.