Association between antipsychotic medication and violent crime suspicions or suicidal behaviour in personality disorders as reported by incident rate ratios (IRR) derived from between-individual analyses
| Men | Women | |||||||
| Cases | Rate (SE) | IRR | 95% CI | Cases | Rate (SE) | IRR | 95% CI | |
| Violent crime suspicions | ||||||||
| No medication (ref) | 7116 | 26.9 (0.6) | 1.00 | 1067 | 2.7 (0.1) | 1.00 | ||
| Medication | 17 166 | 52.4 (1.0) | 1.95 | 1.84 to 2.06 | 3271 | 8.4 (0.3) | 3.11 | 2.80 to 3.47 |
| Suicidal behaviour | ||||||||
| No medication (ref) | 26 901 | 112.6 (1.1) | 1.00 | 35 788 | 97.9 (0.8) | 1.00 | ||
| Medication | 45 694 | 145.4 (1.2) | 1.29 | 1.26 to 1.33 | 57 023 | 151.4 (1.1) | 1.55 | 1.51 to 1.58 |
Medication refers to individuals that have at least one purchase of antipsychotic medication during the follow-up, while those in no medication group do not have any purchases of antipsychotics. Models are adjusted for age, education, living arrangement and use of antidepressants and hypnotics/anxiolytics.