@article{ref1,
title="Clinical characteristics among forensic inpatients: a special case, the establishment of social defense "Les Marronniers" in Tournai (Belgium)",
journal="L'Encephale (1974)",
year="2016",
author="Oswald, P. and Saloppé, X. and Ducro, C. and Macquet, D. and Cornu, P-j and Pham, T. and Delaunoit, B.",
volume="43",
number="3",
pages="229-234",
abstract="BACKGROUND: In Belgium, the law of &quot;social defense&quot; stipulates that an accused &quot;which is either in a state of dementia or in a serious state of mental disturbance or mental deficiency, incapable of controlling his actions&quot; can be interned. The establishment of social defense (ESD) in Tournai (Belgium) hosts 350 inmates. <br><br>OBJECTIVES: In collaboration with the Centre for research in social defense, we organized a systematic assessment of patients interned in ESD. This is the first study evaluating prospectively this population. <br><br>METHODS: Of the total, 229 patients signed informed consent. Different scales of assessment (MINI, WAIS-III, SCID II) were used. Descriptive analyzes were applied (SPSS version 12). <br><br>RESULTS: We show that 48.8 % of our participants had committed a sexual offense (rape or attempted rape, indecent assault, public outrage or mixed). The average intelligence quotient is 71.4. According to the MINI, 33.2 % of participants showed no psychiatric disorder. Among psychiatric disorders, psychotic disorders are the most represented (37.4 %). According to the SCID, personality disorders were absent in 26.8 % of our participants. Most of the axis II disorders are represented personality disorders related to cluster B (57.3 %) mainly with antisocial personality disorder (37.9 %). <br><br>CONCLUSION: These data demonstrate the significant heterogeneity of our sample and the need for the establishment of specific care routes to each subpopulation.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 L'Encéphale, Paris. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="0013-7006",
doi="10.1016/j.encep.2015.10.002",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.encep.2015.10.002"
}