Poverty, Crime and Mental Illness: Female Forensic Psychiatric Committal in Ireland, 1910-1948

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 311-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. D. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric

Is There a Need for Elderly Forensic Psychiatric Services?

2005 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
I O Nnatu ◽  
F Mahomed ◽  
A Shah
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Old Age ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Mentally Disordered Offenders ◽  
Mentally Disordered ◽  
Court Diversion ◽  
Mental Health Difficulties ◽  
Old Age Psychiatry ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric ◽  
Developed Nations

The population of the elderly in most developed nations is on the increase. Furthermore, the prevalence of mental disorder amongst elderly offenders is high. The true extent of `elderly' crime is unknown because much of it goes undetected and unreported. This leads to a failure to detect mental illness in such offenders. Court diversion schemes may improve recognition of mental illness but these schemes usually tend to deal with the more severe crimes. This may result in an overestimation of the amount of serious crime committed by the elderly and a failure to detect mental illness amongst those who commit less serious crimes. Efforts to service this hidden morbidity call for multi-agency collaboration. Improved detection and reporting of crimes is essential if mental health difficulties in the elderly are not to go unnoticed. The needs of elderly mentally-disordered offenders are complex and fall within the expertise of old age and forensic psychiatry, without being adequately met by either one. Therefore, consideration should be given to the development of a tertiary specialist forensic old-age psychiatry service.

Developmental typologies of serious mental illness and violence: Evidence from a forensic psychiatric setting

2015 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1048-1059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander I Simpson ◽  
Teresa Grimbos ◽  
Christine Chan ◽  
Stephanie R Penney
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Setting ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric

scholarly journals Profile of forensic psychiatric inpatients referred to the Free State Psychiatric Complex, 2004–2008

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
C Pienaar ◽  
A Dreyer ◽  
L Van der Merwe ◽  
B Jansen van Rensburg ◽  
F J W Calitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Free State ◽  
Bipolar Mood Disorder ◽  
State Psychiatric ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric ◽  
Training Programmes

<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> An accused found unfit to stand trial and/or not responsible for his/her actions because of mental illness, is declared a state patient by the court. <strong></strong></p><p><strong>Aim:</strong> The aim of the study was to analyse the biographical data and relevant particulars of forensic psychiatric inpatients who were admitted to the Free State Psychiatric Complex (FSPC) according to section 42 of the Mental Health Care Act (no. 17 of 2002), from 2004 to 2008. Study design A descriptive, retrospective study was conducted. Method One hundred and twenty forensic psychiatric inpatients admitted to the FSCP in the terms of section 42 of the Mental Health Care Act in the period 2004–2008, were included in the study.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> The majority (95.8%) of the offenders were male, unmarried (83.8%) and unemployed (81.5%). The median age was 32.5 years. Most of the offenses against persons were of a sexual nature (45.8%). More than half (55.5%) of the forensic inpatients were diagnosed with schizophrenia, followed by mental retardation (10%) and bipolar mood disorder. Eighty percent (80%) of these patients were found not competent to stand trial and unaccountable. Fifty percent (50%) of the participants received treatment for a mental illness prior to the crime, and were also known to have poor compliance and defaulted from treatment in the past.</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> The findings of this study can contribute to implement effective management and training programmes for the benefit of state patients.</p>

Criminal Competencies

2014 ◽  
pp. 135-140
Author(s):  
Matthew W. Grover
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Practice ◽  
Competence To Stand Trial ◽  
Legal Standards ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric

Chapter 23 includes cases that are important for one of the staples of forensic psychiatric practice, competence to stand trial evaluations. Knowledge of the legal standards required for one to defend oneself, either with or without an attorney, is necessary for a practitioner to be able to capably assess whether a mental illness prevents a defendant from participating in the adjudication process. The cases in this chapter are Dusky v. U.S., Wilson v. U.S., Jackson v. Indiana, Drope v. Missouri, Godinez v. Moran, Cooper v. Oklahoma, and Indiana v. Edwards.

scholarly journals MENTAL ILLNESS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF CRIMINAL OFFENCE AGAINST THE PERSON

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 862-867
Author(s):  
Igor І. Mytrofanov ◽  
Igor V. Lysenko ◽  
Mykola М. Ryabushko
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Characteristic Feature ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Criminal Offence ◽  
Bodily Harm ◽  
Medical Expert ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Analysis And Synthesis ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric

Introduction: Among crimes against human health we distinguish serious bodily harms, one of the signs of which is recognized as a mental illness. The aim: The paper was aimed at the development of the procedure for determining the mental disorder of a victim as a sign of a serious bodily harm, as well as the establishing the possibilities of clarifying the legislative formulation of the above norm of the Criminal Code. Materials and methods: Over 300 criminal proceedings under the Arts.121, 122 and 125 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine for the period from 2007 to 2018 have been studied. For this purpose, common methods of research have been used, namely, the analysis and synthesis, as well as own observations of the process of consideration of the above criminal proceedings. Results and conclusions: The findings of the study assisted in identification of gaps in the regulation of the procedure to define mental illness as a characteristic feature of serious bodily harm. The ways of further improvement of the procedure of conducting expert studies of mental illness as a characteristic feature of a serious bodily harm. The rules for determining the psychic (mental) illness that are recognized by us as archaic and that does not correspond to the established procedure of such definition by the comprehensive forensic medical and forensic psychiatric examination involving a forensic medical expert, two or three psychiatrists (narcologists), summarizing in the conclusion of the presence of mental illness in a person, assessed by experts as a characteristic feature of serious bodily harm should be changed.

scholarly journals Legal status of persons with mental illness in Serbia

2004 ◽  
Vol 132 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 448-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Jovanovic
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Moral Integrity ◽  
General Law ◽  
Legal Competence ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric

In this study, legal status of the mentally ill has been discussed in the context of Serbian legislation. The topics covered are the following: 1) the admission of persons with mental illness to psychiatric institution, 2) general (legal) competence, 3) marital relations of persons with mental illness, 4) legal definitions of sanity and security measures of medical character. Serbia still has no general law on mental health which would be in accordance with European standards, and the existing legislation which deals with the rights of persons with mental illness is, to a large extent, incomplete and obsolete. The author appeals for passing the law on mental health which should: a) follow modern trends in psychiatry concerning the protection of human rights with the basic goal to protect society and mentally ill persons, b) to protect the professional and moral integrity of psychiatrists, c) to provide ethically and professionally acceptable authorization for the use of force, if necessary, in order to prevent criminal acts and/or self-injuries in patients suffering from severe psychical disorders, d) to conceptualize forensic psychiatric treatment (the security measures, corrective psychiatry) and the programs of rehabilitation as an integral part of the community mental health protection system.

The Determination of Malingering: A Comprehensive Clinical-Forensic Approach

1987 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanford L. Drob ◽  
Robert H. Berger
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Clinical Application ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Factitious Disorder ◽  
Clinical Model ◽  
Case Examples ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric

A clinical model for the determination of malingering in forensic-psychiatric contexts is described. The model establishes three criteria that are useful in distinguishing malingerers from uncooperative patients and those suffering from a factitious disorder. The criteria involve: (1) ascertaining the presence of the classic signs and symptoms of feigned mental illness, (2) establishing a malingering motive, and (3) ruling out the presence of genuine psychopathology which would cause an individual to produce what appears to be voluntary symptomatology. The clinical application of the model is described and illustrated with case examples.

Underlying Patterns of Practice in a Regional Forensic Psychiatric Service

1993 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
E F Mendelson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Sexual Risk ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Psychiatric Service ◽  
Treatment Recommendation ◽  
Neurotic Disorder ◽  
Secure Care ◽  
Forensic Psychiatric ◽  
Patterns Of Practice

Using a sample of 306 consecutive referrals, the interactions were investigated between factors relating to patients, referral agencies, assessments and courts. Both the variations in referral rates of diagnoses and the psychiatric histories indicated that the service was being used largely for second opinions on the mentally ill, but for those with neurotic disorder or exacerbations of personality disorder it was more akin to a general psychiatric service. Those thought to pose a sexual risk to adults were particularly likely to have histories of violence, but the opposite was true for those considered a sexual risk to children. Reports initiated by the court are more likely to contain a treatment recommendation and are also more likely to be implemented than those in defence reports. Both the likelihood of a treatment recommendation and its acceptance by the court increased with the severity of diagnosis, with psychiatrist and court reaching full concordance in cases of mental illness. As many as 20 per cent of those seen in prison had mental illness and this was nearly seven times the out-patient rate. Forensic outpatient work was found to be independent of the provision of secure care. These and other findings are examined to help explore the nature of the service.

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