The specificity of the Threat/Control-Override concept in schizophrenia – new insights from a retrospective cross-sectional study of forensic homicide offenders

For the first time, the TCO complex is examined in a cross-diagnostic comparison, and the specificity of TCO for patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders with the most serious violent offences can be demonstrated. In order to avoid false positives and to be able to identify clear psychopathological risk symptoms, future studies should include larger samples and, most importantly, non-offending controls.