Researchers have mapped how the physical structures of individual brains differ from a baseline norm in people who have a history of severe violence and schizophrenia. This analytical approach highlights individual differences rather than simple group averages, offering a potential path toward personalized psychiatric treatments. The findings were published in Translational Psychiatry. Forensic psychiatry attempts to understand why some individuals with severe mental health conditions commit violent acts. Finding biological patterns in the brain can help doctors provide better care and improve clinical evaluations in high-security settings. Previous brain imaging research has searched for structural abnormalities related to aggression. These older studies often grouped many patients together and compared their average brain structures to the averages of healthy people. A statistical group average can easily hide the wide variety of differences that exist from person to person. Two individuals with the identical psychiatric diagnosis might exhibit completely different physical brain alterations. Unn K. Haukvik, a researcher at the University of Oslo and the Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychiatry at Oslo University Hospital, …