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OBJECTIVES: To explore the criminal characteristics of forensic psychiatry expertise in depression patients and schizophrenics with homicide behavior. METHODS: A total of 40 depression ï¼depressive episodeï¼ patients and 50 schizophrenics with homicide behavior were randomly assigned into the study group and control group, respectively. Data of demographic and criminal characteristic of the two groups were collected by a self-designed questionnaire, and then were compared. RESULTS: There were no statistical differences in age, education level and career between study and control groups ï¼P>0.05ï¼. Compared with the control group, the victims in the study group were mainly the patient's children and parents, and most offenders had suicidal behavior after homicide ï¼70%ï¼. In study group, the motives of crime were mainly extended suicide and indirect suicide, and most offenders had attempted suicide ï¼85%ï¼ and diminished capacity of criminal responsibility ï¼70%ï¼, which in control group had no capacity of criminal responsibility ï¼56%ï¼. Except for criminal site, there were statistical differences in other criminal characteristics between two groups ï¼P<0.05ï¼. CONCLUSIONS: There are different criminal characteristics between depression patients and schizophrenics with homicide behavior in forensic psychiatry, and these characteristics should be considered when these two diagnoses are distinguished in forensic psychiatry expertise.
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Criminosos/psicologia , Depressão/psicologia , Psiquiatria Legal , Homicídio/psicologia , Esquizofrenia , Psicologia do Esquizofrênico , Suicídio/psicologia , Adulto , Criança , Transtorno Depressivo , Humanos , Motivação , Tentativa de SuicídioRESUMO
OBJECTIVES: To explore the characteristics of schizophrenia patients' homicide behaviors and the influences of the assessments of criminal capacity. METHODS: Indicators such as demographic and clinical data, characteristics of criminal behaviors and criminal capacity from the suspects whom were diagnosed by forensic psychiatry as schizophrenia ï¼n=110ï¼ and normal mental ï¼n=70ï¼ with homicide behavior, were collected by self-made investigation form and compared. The influences of the assessments of criminal capacity on the suspects diagnosed as schizophrenia were also analyzed using logistic regression analysis. RESULTS: There were no significant statistical differences between the schizophrenic group and the normal mental group concerning age, gender, education and marital status ï¼P>0.05ï¼. There were significant statistical differences between the two groups concerning thought disorder, emotion state and social function before crime ï¼P<0.05ï¼ and there were significant statistical differences in some characteristics of the case such as aggressive history ï¼P<0.05ï¼, cue, trigger, plan, criminal incentives, object of crime, circumstance cognition and self-protection ï¼P<0.05ï¼. Multivariate logistic regression analysis suggested that thought disorder, emotion state, social function, criminal incentives, plan and self-protection before crime of the schizophrenic group were positively correlated with the criminal capacity ï¼P<0.05ï¼. CONCLUSIONS: The relevant influences of psychopathology and crime characteristics should be considered comprehensively for improving the accuracy of the criminal capacity evaluation on the suspects diagnosed as schizophrenia with homicide behavior.