Citation

Kutscher S, Schiffer B, Seifert D. Fortschr. Neurol. Psychiatr. 2009; 77(2): 91-96.

Vernacular Title

Schizophrene Patienten im psychiatrischen Massregelvollzug (S63 StGB)

Affiliation

Institut für Forensische Psychiatrie, UniversitätDuisburg-Essen/LVR-Klinikum,Virchowstrasse 174, Essen. sven.kutscher@lvr.de

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-0028-1109080

PMID

19221971

Abstract

The aim of our study was to determine the development of the number of patients with schizophrenia in detention (section 63 German Penal Code) in North Rhine-Westphalia and the characterization of these patients. Patients with schizophrenia are examined, by using a standardized questionnaire answered by the attending psychiatrist or psychologist (n = 531). During the last 12 years the number of patients with schizophrenia in forensic-psychiatric hospitals has increased three times, whereas the number of patients with other diagnoses heightened only twofold. The patients with schizophrenia showed high rates of psychiatric comorbidities (substance disorders 73.9 %, personality disorders 17.2 %), previous inpatient treatments (78.3 % with a mean of 7.5 stays) and previous convictions (63.4 %). Almost half of these convictions (46.6 %) were violent offences (e. g. assault, homicide). Possible explanations for this development are discussed.

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