Prevalence of mental disorders among offenders referred for psychiatric evaluation
Other Title(s)
معدل و نطاق الأمراض النفسية بين المهتمين المحالين لأغراض التقييم النفسي
Author
Source
Issue
Vol. 7, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2013), pp.49-67, 19 p.
Publisher
University of Thi-Qar College of Medicine
Publication Date
2013-06-30
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
19
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The aims of the study are to determine the rate and spectrum of mental disorders among offenders referral to psychiatric evaluation and find out the relation between mental disorder and the nature of the offence.
This is cross sectional study that enrolled 120 referrals to the Forensic Psychiatric Committee (FPC) in Al-Rashad Mental Hospital during the period from April 2012 – January 2013.
The referrals were interviewed according to a semi-structured interview questionnaire (SSIQ) based on DSM-IV-TR and the diagnosis was compared with that given by the FPC and the cases was included in the study when it was agreed by both the SSIQ and the FPC.
This study revealed that illiterate and those with low level of education rated the highest 82.5% were mentally ill.
Interfamilial violent assaults were the commonest offences among males while murder, sex crimes and wandering were the commonest among females.
Schizophrenia was commonest diagnosis among males and schizophrenia, mental retardation among females.
Most of referrals had previous history of referral 83% with intrafamilial violence was the commonest offence and schizophrenia was the commonest offence and schizophrenia was the commonest diagnosis.Most of the offenders who were referred for psychiatric evaluation were found to bementally ill and the most frequent mental illness was schizophrenia.
Most of referral cases were due to violent assaults committed by male schizophrenic and other psychotic
American Psychological Association (APA)
Husayn, Karim Nasir. 2013. Prevalence of mental disorders among offenders referred for psychiatric evaluation. Thi-Qar Medical Journal،Vol. 7, no. 1, pp.49-67.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-779195
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Husayn, Karim Nasir. Prevalence of mental disorders among offenders referred for psychiatric evaluation. Thi-Qar Medical Journal Vol. 7, no. 1 (2013), pp.49-67.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-779195
American Medical Association (AMA)
Husayn, Karim Nasir. Prevalence of mental disorders among offenders referred for psychiatric evaluation. Thi-Qar Medical Journal. 2013. Vol. 7, no. 1, pp.49-67.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-779195
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 65-66
Record ID
BIM-779195