Citation

Hansen PE, Schmidt JE. Ugeskr. Laeger 1999; 161(12): 1770-1774.

Vernacular Title

Mentalobservationer 1986-1993. Sygehus Fyn, Middelfart, retspsykiatrisk afdeling.

Affiliation

Retspsykiatrisk afdeling, Sygehus Fyn, Middelfart.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, Den Alm Danske Laegerforening)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10210979

Abstract

Two hundred and sixty psychiatric reports for law courts conducted between 1986-1993 at the Unit of Forensic Psychiatry, Middelfart were reviewed. The aim was to record a number of essential characteristics with special focus on the number of reports, demographic data, diagnosis and type of criminal act. All the offenders were inhabitants of the county of Funen, where about 50-60 reports for law courts were carried out each year during the period of investigation. Serious crimes (homicide, attempted suicide, violence, arson and rape), were mainly (74%) committed by offenders with personality disorder, of whom few were sentenced to special measures. However, a higher percentage than expected of individuals charged with arson were psychotic (30%) and mentally retarded (10%). Schizophrenics and individuals with other types of non-affective psychosis covered a higher percentage of persons charged with violence compared to manic-depressive individuals. Fifty percent of the offenders were chronic drug abusers.

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