Criminal insanity and psychiatric diagnoses in Greek penal cases

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S593-S593
Author(s):  
G. Tzeferakos ◽  
M. Papaliaga ◽  
C. Papageorgiou ◽  
P. Bali ◽  
A. Douzenis
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Substance Use Disorder ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Common Mental Disorder ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Axis I ◽  
Criminal Insanity ◽  
Court Of Appeal ◽  
Diminished Responsibility

IntroductionTo our knowledge, few studies address the issue of criminal responsibility among psychiatric offenders. In Greece, articles 34 and 36 of the penal code regulate criminal insanity and diminished responsibility, respectively.ObjectivesThe objective of the present study was to provide psychiatric/legal data considering the appeal to articles 34/36 of the Greek penal code.MethodsLegal case files of 100 adult subjects, 90 male/10 female, 88 Greeks/12 foreigners were examined.ResultsAccording to the first degree court, one defendant was found criminally insane, 29 with partial responsibility, while the rest were regarded as fully capable. The decisions of the court of appeal/the supreme court of appeal were 2 criminally insane, 36 partially responsible and 62, fully criminally responsible. The decisions were unanimous in 78% of the cases.The most common diagnoses were schizophrenia spectrum psychosis (18%), antisocial/borderline/mixed personality disorder (15%) and substance use disorder (15%). Court decisions of criminal insanity/diminished responsibility were higher when the perpetrator had an Axis I diagnosis (47.5%), significantly lower in cases of personality disorder (22.2%) and even lower in cases of substance use disorder (16.7%). In patients with prior hospitalizations the percentage of criminal insanity/diminished responsibility was 55.6%, significantly higher than in cases without (24.4%).ConclusionsSchizophrenia is the most common mental disorder correlated with offenders criminally insane/partially responsible, while a history of psychiatric hospitalization is a very strong positive predictive factor for the successful appeal of the aforementioned articles.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Substance use disorder and personality disorder

2002 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth J. Sher ◽  
Timothy J. Trull
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Substance Use Disorder

Early alcohol use as prognostic factor for severity in dually diagnosed patients

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S307-S308
Author(s):  
R. Martinez-Riera ◽  
G. Mateu-Codina ◽  
A. Farre-Martinez ◽  
J.L. Perez de Heredia ◽  
J. Marti-Bonany ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Substance Use Disorder ◽  
Dual Diagnosis ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Other Substances ◽  
Axis I ◽  
Competing Interest

ObjectivesDescribe the distinguishing characteristics between patients with early onset of alcohol use (EARLY, age < 15) and late onset of alcohol use (LATE, age > 16), both affected of acute non-substance use psychiatric disorders (non-SUD) and any substance use disorder admitted in a dual diagnosis unit.Material and methodsData on demographic, family, and clinical factors were gathered among subjects admitted to our dual diagnosis unit along three years, all of them meeting DSM-IV criteria of any non-substance related Axis I or II disorder and comorbid substance use disorder (SUD). Statistical analysis was performed by using SPSS program.ResultsWe show results of 748 patients (437 of EARLY group and 311 of LATE group). Predominantly male (73,53%) with a mean age of 39,60 ± 9,7 years. Most prevalent non-SUD psychiatric disorders were psychotic disorder (39,97%) and personality disorder (39,30%). In our sample, most common substances of abuse were Alcohol (45,05%) and Cocaine (30,35%). EARLY patients had an earlier first contact all substances as well as an earlier age of problematic consumption of cocaine, alcohol, opioids and nicotine; they also had major prevalence of opioid SUD, sedatives SUD and amphetamines SUD (see Tables 1, 2 and 3).ConclusionsPatients who began earlier their consumptions of alcohol had major prevalence of opioid, sedatives and amphetamine use. They also had earlier consumptions of other substances and earlier problematic consumptions of cocaine, alcohol, opioids and nicotine, what probably means greater severity of drug addiction in the long run.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals ZABURZENIA OSOBOWOŚCI I ICH WPŁYW NA OCENĘ POCZYTALNOŚCI SPRAWCY PRZESTĘPSTWA

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Golonka
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorders ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Penal Code ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric

PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND THEIR EFFECT ON OFFENDERS CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY Summary Personality disorders are a relatively common subject of forensic psychiatric opinions. This generally accepted term is usually associated with the concept of psychopathy. However, despite being regarded as a manifestation of a personality disorder, in principle psychopathy precludes the use of Art. 31 § 1 or 2of the Polish Penal Code in court. From the point of view of criminal law it would seem appropriate to distinguish psychopathy from personality disorders, which are sometimes referred to as characteropathy. This distinction is highly relevant in view of its far-reaching consequences as regards the offender’s criminal responsibility. This is confirmed by the results of research on materials relating to specific cases, which warrant a set of conclusions on the effect a personality disorder may have on an offender’s criminal responsibility during the commission of the offence.

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