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In. Maharajh, Hari D. ; Merrick, Joav. Social and cultural psychiatry experience from the Caribbean Region. New York, Nova Science Publishers Inc, 2010. p.329-354. (Health and human development).
Monografia em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-17493

RESUMO

In this chapter, the concepts of common and statue laws are reviewed with respect to their application and the duties of the psychiatrist. The history, development and practice of forensic psychiatry in the colonial period in Trinidad are explored and later following independence during the establishment of a Mental Health Act and the introduction of the Sectorization Plan in 1975. Three case histories are presented: the first investigates liability in a mentally ill offender, the second is a court report intended to assess mental illness in a man charged with murder and the third examines the role of the Psychiatric Tribunal in discharge from prison following illegal detention. Defenses available for these individuals are briefly discussed. Despite a PAHO's expert finding of human abuse in the Forensic system in Trinidad, the assessment of mentally ill offenders in developing countries with different social and cultural imperatives is no easy task.


Assuntos
Humanos , Psiquiatria Legal/história , Psiquiatria Legal/legislação & jurisprudência , Psiquiatria Legal/normas , Trinidad e Tobago
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Mona; s.n; Nov. 2001. i,40 p. tab, gra.
Tese em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-17200

RESUMO

Thirty-two African Caribbean Patients who were Forensic Psychiatric Service-users in England were assessed by a Consultant Psychiatrist during the four-year period of 1996-2000. These patients were the cohort for this study. The study involved a comparison of some of the characteristics of the native-born and migrant African Caribbean patients. Twenty-three patients (71.9 percent of the cohort) were born in Britain while the others were born in the Caribbean. The mean age of the cohort was 34.3 years. Seventy-five percent of the patients were men. According to this study, the place of assessment was associated with the territory of birth. The British-born patients were more likely to have been assessed in a psychiatric or legal institution (e.g. a secure psychiatric hospital or prison). The "companionship status" of each group was not significantly different from the other. When the patients were examined as one group, it was seen that more than a third of the patients (37.5 percent) lived alone. There was a weak association between territory of birth and primary caregivers, with the British-born patients being marginally more likely to have been reared by both parents (under the age of eighteen years) than the Caribbean-born patients. The association between territory of birth and previous social work care was not significant. The majority of patients in both groups had previous social work intervention. The type of accommodation was not significantly different between the groups. The educational level attained by the British-born patients was significantly higher than that of the migrant patients. The employment profiles of the two groups were similar, that is, there was no significant difference between them. There was no association between the forensic charges at the time of assessment and the territory of birth. In this study there was no association between the category of primary psychiatric diagnosis (Psychosis or Personality Disorder) and the territory of birth. The weak association seen between primary caregiver and territory of birth indicates that the British-Born patients are marginally more likely to have had the benefit of a higher educational level, did not confer an advantage over the migrant patients in terms of their rate of developing forensic psychiatric problems. The literature indicates that second-gneration African Caribbean people (those born to migrants) are those with the highest rate of psychosis. ...(AU)


Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Adulto , Psiquiatria Legal , Psiquiatria , Condições Sociais , Região do Caribe , Reino Unido
3.
West Indian med. j ; 40(Suppl. 2): 99, July 1991.
Artigo em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-5217

RESUMO

This paper presents an analysis of the cases of all men presenting with new criminal charges of non-sexual assault to the Outpatient Forensic Department of a University-affiliated psychiatric hospital in a national capital during a one-year period. Attribution factors are identified as the characteristics of the aggressors. The non-white population in the sample was of particular interest because of the rapidly changing demographics of the society as a result of the arrival of refuges and changing immigration patterns. Spousal abusers were also of interest because of an increase in the tendency to lay charges in these cases. Not surprisingly, finances, alcohol and drugs, personality and social isolation are found to be significant attribution factors. A multipronged approach to intervention is therefore proposed (AU)


Assuntos
Humanos , Masculino , Agressão/psicologia , Psiquiatria Legal
5.
Anon.
Kingston; Jamaica. Ministry of Health and Environmental Control; 1978. 69 p.
Monografia em Inglês | MedCarib | ID: med-3061
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