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Systematic Review of Mental Health Problems and Violent Extremism

Gill, P; Clemmow, C; Hetzel, F; Rottweiler, B; Salman, N; Van der Vegt, I; Marchment, Z; ... Corner, E; + view all (2021) Systematic Review of Mental Health Problems and Violent Extremism. The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology , 32 (1) pp. 51-78. 10.1080/14789949.2020.1820067. Green open access

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Abstract

This systematic review assesses the impact of mental health problems upon attitudes, intentions and behaviours in the context of radicalisation and terrorism. We identified 25 studies that measured rates of mental health problems across 28 samples. The prevalence rates are heterogenous and range from 0% to 57%. If we pool the results of those samples (n = 19) purely focused upon confirmed diagnoses where sample sizes are known (n = 1705 subjects), the results suggest arate of 14.4% with aconfirmed diagnosis. Where studies relied upon wholly, or in some form, upon privileged access to police or judicial data, diagnoses occurred 16.96% of the time (n = 283 subjects). Where studies were purely focused upon open sources (n = 1089 subjects), diagnoses were present 9.82% of the time. We then explore (a) the types and rates of mental health disorders identified (b) comparison/control group studies (c) studies that explore causal roles of mental health problems and (d) other complex needs.

Type: Article
Title: Systematic Review of Mental Health Problems and Violent Extremism
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2020.1820067
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2020.1820067
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: violent extremism, mental health, systematic review, complex needs, terrorism
UCL classification: UCL
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Security and Crime Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10111558
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