Nuevas demandas ejecutorias y periciales para la salud pública en la reforma penal cubana de 2022 / New Executive and Judicial Expert Demands for Public Health in 2022 Cuban Penal Reform

Introducción: Durante 2022 ocurrió la reforma del sistema penal cubano, materializada en tres nuevas leyes básicas: Código Penal y las del proceso y la ejecución penales. Ello demandó respuestas organizativas del Ministerio de Salud Pública cubano, en especial por la ampliación de tipos de aseguramiento penal terapéutico a adictos e inimputables en unidades de salud y de las tareas periciales. Objetivo: Identificar las demandas para el sistema de salud en las nuevas leyes penales, en especial para la salud mental. Posición: Desde propuestas previas al proceso legislativo y la asesoría durante este, se visionó precozmente la necesidad de nuevas regulaciones para las interdependientes actividades periciales y asistenciales de respuesta del sistema de salud a la reforma penal. Fomentar anticipadamente el intercambio académico entre derecho penal y psiquiatría, favoreció la sinergia intersectorial, asumir la asesoría al proceso legislativo y elaborar, en corto plazo, propuestas normativas sólidas al sistema de salud, acordes a sus objetivos y estructura. Metodológicamente fueron oportunas las consultas a expertos. Conclusiones: Se considera que el vínculo intencionado previo entre sistemas de salud y penal favorece que las propuestas legislativas tengan una base más científica y una respuesta organizativa, más eficiente y sinérgica desde el sistema de salud a las demandas identificadas en nuevas leyes penales(AU)

Introduction: During 2022, the reform of the Cuban penal system occurred, which materialized in three new basic laws: The Penal Code, Penal Procedures Law and Penal Execution Law. This reform demanded organizational responses from the Cuban Ministry of Public Health in those tasks for health units and judicial expert, especially the expansion of types of therapeutic penal coverage to addicts and those who cannot be held accountable. Objective: To identify the demands of the health system in the new criminal laws, especially for mental health. Position: Beginning with the previous proposals to the legislative reform and counselling, the need for new regulations for the interdependent expert and assistance activities of the health system that respond to the penal reform was timely envisioned. The early promotion of academic exchange between the penal law and psychiatry favored intersectoral synergy, advice to the legislative process and the development, in the short term, of solid regulatory proposals for the health system, in accordance with its objectives and structure. Methodologically, consultations with experts were appropriate. Conclusions: It is considered that the previous intentional relationship between health and criminal systems favors that the legislative proposals have more scientific basis beside an organizational, more efficient and synergistic response from the health system to the demands identified in new criminal laws(AU)

A scoping review of the forensic psychiatric expertise for compulsory treatment application in Brazil.

In the Brazilian penal system, a person with a mental disorder who commits an offense may be exempt from penalty if, at the time of the offense, they were entirely unable to understand the illicit character of the fact. A forensic psychiatric expert makes this determination and may also recommend to the magistrate the type of commitment to be applied. As a rule, this measure is stipulated based on the judge's sentence rather than the kind of treatment that the mental disorder requires. This difference motivates the present study that seeks to identify criteria for expertise. Additionally, this work focuses on the biopsychological method which influences the application of the measure as detailed in the expert's report. Expert reports have considerable importance in criminal proceedings and often influence determinations of the deadline for compliance and, potentially, hospitalisation. For this question, a scoping review searched for relevant literature, regardless of the study design. Of 1014 references, 27 answered the guiding question, giving rise to 10 categories with several items corresponding to the criteria for expertise. These items, although not exhaustive, demonstrated the deficient interrelationship between law and mental health due to the lack of communication and interaction between them the two. This could be addressed through interdisciplinary legislation or alteration of criminal and criminal procedural laws. Additionally, the lack of communication could be further addressed through the magistrate's interpretation of mental health laws as a new parameter for criminal law based on the human dignity principle which recognises fundamental human rights.

Older adults sex offender: Five case series in a Brazilian population.

Sexual assault perpetrated by older adults is still an underreported crime and is not fully understood. To describe a series of cases of sexual assault by Brazilian older adults and discuss the associated factors based on the literature. This is a cross-sectional descriptive analysis of five cases of older adults accused of sexual assault in the Forensic Psychiatry sector of the Medical Legal Institute (Coroner's Office) in the City of Belo Horizonte'. This review focuses on five cases involving male defendants with a mean age of 59.75 years; two with previous psychiatric treatment, and one with a previous criminal record. Their victims were prepubescent children, four of them female. Psychiatric conditions related to forensic diagnosis included dementia, schizophrenia, alcohol-related substance use disorder, paraphilia, and one without a psychiatric diagnosis. The final forensic report on all five cases found that two of the older adults diagnosed with a mental disorder in two were considered to have a mental illness that completely impaired the cognitive and volitional domains; two other adults were diagnosed with mental health disturbance that partially impaired these domains; and the last adult was diagnosed and found without mental health impairment. While the incidence of sexual crimes committed by older adults is low, the absolute number of cases has expected to rise due to population aging. Assessing the factors related to this type of crime is therefore an initial step to understanding and formulating preventive strategies.

Identidade profissional do psicólogo judiciário: um estudo sobre configurações identitárias / Forensic psychologist´s professional identity: a study about identity configurations / Identidad profesional del psicólogo forense: un estudio sobre configuraciones de identidad

Este estudo objetivou descrever a identidade profissional de psicólogos judiciários, partindo do cenário contemporâneo da Psicologia Jurídica brasileira, contexto que envolve crises e conflitos sobre a forma de responder a atribuições e demandas do campo legal. Pela perspectiva da sociologia das identidades profissionais de Claude Dubar, sustenta-se a hipótese de que a identidade profissional do psicólogo judiciário depende de estratégias de compatibilização entre o pertencimento à categoria e as atribuições legais e institucionais. Participaram 95 psicólogos do quadro ativo do Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo, que responderam a um formulário online sobre a percepção de si e do campo de atuação. Os dados foram submetidos à análise de conteúdo. Os resultados indicam a saliência da avaliação psicológica e da interdisciplinaridade na identidade profissional, e as rupturas identitárias diante de práticas verificatórias. Tais achados apontam a necessidade de participação da categoria na construção de suas atribuições; e dificuldades para o exercício das funções por limitações à autonomia profissional.(AU)

This study aimed to describe the professional identity of forensic psychologists, considering Brazil's Legal Psychology contemporary scenario which relates to a critical issues on how practitioners respond the demands of the legal system. Based on Claude Dubar's sociology of professional identities, we support the hypothesis that forensic psychologists' professional identity depends on strategies of compatibilization between belonging their reference group and the institutional attributions. There were 95 participants, all from the current staff of the Court of Justice of the state of São Paulo, who answered an online form. The data were subjected to content analysis. The results indicate a professional identity with noted salience on psychological assessment and interdisciplinarity, and the identity crises regarding verification practices. Such findings highlight the importance of practitioners taking part on the construction of their own tasks.(AU)

Este estudio tuvo como objetivo describir la identidad profesional de los psicólogos forenses, considerando el escenario de la Psicología Jurídica brasileña, que se relaciona con una crisis sobre si estos profesionales responden a las demandas del sistema legal. Teniendo en cuenta la sociología de las identidades profesionales de Claude Dubar, sostenemos la hipótesis de que la identidad profesional de los psicólogos forenses depende de estrategias de compatibilización entre la pertenencia a su grupo profesional y a instituciones. Participaron 95 psicólogos, quienes actuaban en el Tribunal de Justicia del Estado de São Paulo, a los cuales se aplicó un formulario en línea. Los datos se sometieron a análisis de contenido. Los resultados indican una identidad profesional saliente en cuanto a la evaluación psicológica y la interdisciplinariedad, pero también crisis de identidad en relación con las prácticas de verificación. Tales resultados señalan la importancia de que la categoría participe en la construcción de sus propias atribuciones.(AU)

A perícia psiquiátrica no processo penal da pessoa com transtorno mental em conflito com a lei: uma análise sob a luz da sociologia das ausências / The psychiatric expertise in criminal proceedings of the person with a mental disorder in conflict with the law: an analysis in the light of the sociology of absences

A pessoa com transtorno mental que comete delito pode ter a pena substituída por medida de segurança, se confirmado por laudo psiquiátrico forense que no momento do crime não tinha discernimento sobre a ilicitude do fato, conforme Código Penal brasileiro. Essa medida de segurança pode ser internação em Hospital de Custódia e Tratamento Psiquiátrico ou tratamento ambulatorial. Não existe limite de prazo para cumprimento dessa medida, e aquele que é custodiado à internação não tem prazo para deixar esse hospital. A perícia psiquiátrica forense tem grande influência na decisão judicial, pois o perito que conclui sobre a imputabilidade penal, com base no método biopsicológico, avaliação do nexo de causalidade entre transtorno mental e delito, e da periculosidade do indivíduo. Essa pessoa acaba por ser duplamente estigmatizada, pelo transtorno mental e pelo crime cometido, e por ser silenciada, tornando-se socialmente invisível. Este estudo apresenta como objetivo descrever como ocorre a perícia psiquiátrica no processo penal e seus desdobramentos para a aplicação da medida de segurança, identificando as características apresentadas nos laudos forenses e as situações de invisibilidade das pessoas com transtorno mental que cometeram delitos. Trata-se de pesquisa qualitativa descritiva com análise documental, tendo como fonte primária os laudos psiquiátricos. O percurso metodológico não é restrito, segue processo de "garimpagem" que foi dividido em 3 etapas: identificação e coleta de documentos; organização do material coletado; procedimento da análise documental. Ao final foram selecionados 37 laudos. Os resultados foram classificados em 4 categorias: categoria tempo da perícia identificou diversos fatores que envolvem o decurso de tempos relacionado ao exame pericial, dentre eles, 5 perícias realizadas após 365 dias do delito; na categoria sociodemográfica, o perfil dos periciandos eram, na maioria, do sexo masculino, solteiros, brancos, sem filhos, idade até 40 anos, muitos sequer concluíram o ensino fundamental e exerciam profissões que exigem pouca ou nenhuma qualificação técnica e educação; na categoria saúde mental, prevaleceu a indicação de preexistência de transtorno mental ao delito e a maioria dos periciandos já fez tratamento psiquiátrico, incluindo internação, sendo comum a descontinuidade do tratamento; na categoria conclusão pericial, a maioria dos periciandos foram considerados imputáveis, o tratamento ambulatorial foi o mais indicado, e apresentou prevalência de crimes contra patrimônio. Os resultados foram discutidos com dados encontrados na literatura e com base no marco teórico da Sociologia das Ausências. Identificou-se a produção de não existência dos periciandos sob as formas de inferior, improdutivo e ignorante, por meio das monoculturas da naturalização das diferenças, dos critérios de produtividade capitalista e dos saber e do rigor do saber, respectivamente. É necessário desconstruir essas monoculturas e substituí-las pelas ecologias dos reconhecimentos, da produtividade e de saberes, respectivamente. Tanto a perícia quanto os laudos precisam ser descontruídos e reconstruídos sob novos olhares de saberes científicos [psiquiatria e direito] e saberes não científicos, para que a não existência dessas pessoas não seja produzida

A person with a mental disorder who commits a crime may have the sentence replaced as a security measure, if confirmed by a forensic psychiatric report that, at the time of the crime, they had no discernment about the illegality of the fact, according to the Brazilian Penal Code. This security measure can be hospitalisation in a Hospital of Custody and Psychiatric Treatment or outpatient treatment. There is no deadline for compliance with this measure, and those who are compulsorily hospitalised have no deadline to leave that hospital. Forensic psychiatric expertise has a great influence on the decision of the judge, as the expert who concludes on criminal responsibility, based on the biopsychological method, assessment of the causal link between mental disorder and the crime committed, and dangerousness. This person ends up being doubly stigmatized, due to the mental disorder and the crime committed, and for being silenced, becoming socially invisible. This study aims to describe how psychiatric expertise occurs in the criminal process and its consequences for the application of the security measure, identifying the characteristics presented in the forensic reports and the situations of invisibility of people with mental disorders who have committed crimes. This is descriptive qualitative research with documental analysis, having psychiatric reports as a primary source. The methodological course is not restricted and it follows a "mining" process, which was divided into 3 stages: identification and document collection; organization of the material collected; document analysis procedure. In the end, 37 reports were selected. The results were classified into 4 categories: time of expertise category, identified several factors that involve the time course related to the expert examination, among them, 5 psychiatric expertise took place after 365 days of the crime; in the sociodemographic category, the profile of examinees was mostly male, single, white, without children, and aged up to 40 years old, many of them had not even completed elementary school and worked in professions that require little or no technical qualification and education; in the mental health category, the indication of a pre-existing mental disorder to the crime prevailed and most of the examinees had already undergone psychiatric treatment, including hospitalisation, with discontinuity of treatment being common; in the expert conclusion category, most examinees were considered imputable, outpatient treatment was the most indicated and showed a prevalence of crimes against property. The results were discussed with data found in the literature and based on the theoretical reference of the Sociology of Absences. The production of the non-existence of the examinees in the forms of inferior, unproductive, and ignorant was identified, through the monocultures of the naturalization of differences, the criteria of capitalist productivity and knowledge and the rigor of knowledge, respectively. It is necessary to deconstruct these monocultures and replace them with ecologies of recognition, productivity, and knowledge, respectively. Both the expertise and the reports need to be deconstructed and reconstructed under new perspectives of scientific knowledge [psychiatry and law] and non-scientific knowledge so that the non-existence of these people is not produced

Psychological Testing in Forensic Contexts Conducted Remotely.

The use of videoconferencing technology to conduct forensic psychiatric and forensic psychological evaluations remotely has grown considerably in the last decade. This commentary addresses a number of points made by Recupero regarding the use of remote technology to conduct forensic psychiatric evaluations. These points include the research supporting telepsychiatry and its generalizability to forensic assessment, the error rate associated with remote forensic assessment, and its general acceptance in the field. The commentary also considers the inclusion of psychological testing and specialized forensic measures in forensic assessment and describes criteria for considering tests and measures that can reasonably be included in a remotely conducted forensic assessment.

[Quality of the Forensic Case Formulation in Mental Health]. / La calidad de la formulación del caso forense en salud mental.

OBJECTIVES: The "Guide to understand and assess the quality of the case formulation in forensic mental health - TECF" is tested in order to contribute to the development of the forensic reports. METHOD: Twelve mental health professionals of different Latin American traditions assessed with the TECF the quality of ten international forensic reports, both psychological and psychiatric. The guide includes the manual that describes the dimensions, criteria and guidelines to assess the quality of the forensic case formulation. RESULTS: Internal consistency indicators were in a rank of 0.34- 0.81 for the dimensions and 0.85 for the total TECF. The absolute agreement intraclass correlation coefficient among evaluators with similar tradition reached values of 0.72; 0.52; 0.76 and 0.77 for the dimensions and 0.84 for the total. The agreement among evaluators with different traditions was less. CONCLUSIONS: The TECF is a promising instrument to guide the assessment of quality and to stimulate improvement of the forensic reports. Caution is recommended in light of the traditional rating scale method due to the effect that can be produced by the different practices.

Perspectivas éticas e legais em perícias de psiquiatria forense / Ethical and legal perspectives of forensic psychiatry in expert testimony / Perspectivas éticas y legales en pericias de psiquiatría forense

Resumo Conhecer o paradigma ético que fundamenta o código moral da medicina é fundamental para atuar não só na assistência, mas também em processo pericial. A partir de revisão da literatura, propõe-se avaliar a maneira como os quatro princípios éticos fundamentais (beneficência, não maleficência, autonomia e justiça) se aplicam antes, durante e após a perícia psiquiátrica, como perito ou como assistente técnico. Novos desafios éticos vêm surgindo na psiquiatria forense. Com a pandemia de covid-19, a tecnologia foi adotada para permitir a prática da telemedicina, mas ainda se debate se seria suficiente para promover avaliação pericial psiquiátrica adequada. Considerando a complexidade da área, cada situação deve ser analisada de forma individual e abrangente, sendo recomendável buscar auxílio para debater as perspectivas éticas e legais das perícias psiquiátricas quando necessário.

Abstract Knowing the ethical paradigm that bases the medicine moral code is fundamental to act not only in care but also in the expert testimony process. From a revision of the literature, we propose to evaluate the way the four fundamental ethical principles (beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice) apply before, during, and after the psychiatric expert testimony, be it as expert or as technical assistant. New ethical challenges have been appearing in forensic psychiatry. With the COVID-19 pandemic, technology was adopted to allow the practice of telemedicine, but debates still occur if that would suffice for an adequate psychiatric expert testimony evaluation. Considering the complexity of the area, each situation must be analyzed in an individualized and all-encompassing way and seeking help to debate the ethical and legal perspectives of psychiatric expert testimonies is recommended when necessary.

Resumen Conocer el paradigma ético que subyace en el código moral de la medicina es fundamental para actuar no solo en la asistencia, sino también en el proceso pericial. A partir de una revisión bibliográfica, se propone evaluar cómo se aplican los cuatro principios éticos fundamentales (beneficencia, no maleficencia, autonomía y justicia) antes, durante y después de la pericia psiquiátrica, ya sea como perito o como asistente técnico. Están surgiendo nuevos desafíos éticos en la psiquiatría forense. Con la pandemia del Covid-19, se utilizó la tecnología para permitir la práctica de la telemedicina, pero aún está en debate si esto es suficiente para promover una adecuada evaluación psiquiátrica forense. Considerando la complejidad del área, se debe analizar cada situación de manera individual e integral y, cuando sea necesario, buscar ayuda para debatir las perspectivas éticas y legales de la pericia psiquiátrica.

Crimes of Passion and Psychiatry in Early Twentieth-Century Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This article examines how early twentieth-century crime of passion trials constructed medical insanity and criminal responsibility by litigating varied interpretations of masculine decision making. Specifically, it looks at how defense lawyers used and applied psychiatric knowledge to their clients' benefit and how psychiatrists, in turn, (re)asserted control over that knowledge by condemning its misuse. The way that these medico-legal narratives played out in the courtroom during crime of passion trials, and in the public discourses that surrounded them, ultimately brought a smoldering competition between distinct understandings of modern masculinity into sharp focus.

[Violence risk assessment in forensic patients using HCR-20v3: interrater reliability and concurrent validity]. / Valoración del riesgo de violencia en pacientes forenses con el HCR-20V3: análisis de fiabilidad interevaluador y validez concurrente.

This study provides evidence on the inter-rater reliability and concurrent validity of the Historical, Clinical and Risk Management-20, Version 3 (HCR-20V3) in a sample of 35 patients admitted to a forensic psychiatric unit in Argentina. The HCR-20V3 showed significant correlations with the VRAG-R and the PCL: SV. HCR-20V3 was independently coded by two evaluators in 15 patients. The inter-rater reliability indices were moderate to excellent in the coding of presence of risk factors and in the estimation of the summary risk ratings of future violence and imminent violence, although ICC were non-significant for the summary risk rating of serious physical damage. These findings have implications for the HCR-20V3 implementation in local professional contexts and raise future research possibilities which could be relevant for decision-making in violence risk management with patients committed to legal security measures.

[Assessment of competency to stand a trial and the use of remote information and communication techniques in the argentine Justice]. / Evaluación de la capacidad para estar en juicio y el uso de técnicas de información y comunicación remotas en la Justicia argentina.

The COVID-19 has changed the way of working of forensic doctors, and the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has gained relevance. But its implementation, for psychiatric-forensic evaluations, should comply with standards endorsed by the scientific community. Psycho-legal instruments are necessary in order to determine the procedural capacity of an accused person to stand trial. In the Justice of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA), virtual proceedings are carried out, as the National Government decreed the obligatory social lockdown. In the case of the criminal jurisdiction, web platforms and electronic notifications are used for the processing of legal cases. However, in the practice of forensic medicine, there are difficulties in the use of ICTs to determine a person's capacity for criminal prosecution.

Criminología, proceso de determinación de salud y control penal del enfermo mental inimputable / Criminology, health determination process and criminal control of the mentally ill person not subject to criminal liability

Resumen La Psiquiatría Forense tienen dentro de sus retos la disposición de evaluar a aquellas personas que de manera pre o post delictiva presenten signos o síntomas que puedan ser susceptibles de una enfermedad psiquiátrica que puede transitar desde un debut o una persona con antecedentes de ser portador de una patología crónica en fase aguda, en este ámbito lo más importante es precisar si en el momento de la comisión del delito el autor tiene o no las capacidades de discernimiento y puede dirigir su conducta entre otras, luego la administración de justicia tiene la obligación de dictar sentencia dependiendo de los resultados del peritaje psiquiátrico. En este trabajo se realiza un análisis desde diferentes ángulos del problema centrados en las personas que son inimputables de responsabilidad penal, y de la visión de diferentes legisladores y criterios de especialistas incluyendo de manera general el beneficio social, médico terapéutico del enfermo mental que se convierte en una diana luego de ser interés jurídico penal.

Abstract The Forensic Psychiatry has within its challenges the provision to evaluate those people who, pre or post crime, present signs or symptoms that may be susceptible to a psychiatric disease that can transit from a debut or a person with a history of being a carrier of a chronic pathology in acute phase, in this area the most important thing is to specify whether or not at the time of the commission of the crime the author has the ability to discern and can direct their behavior among others, then the administration of justice has the obligation to pass sentence depending on the results of the psychiatric expertise. In this work we make an analysis from different angles of the problem centered in the people who are unimputable of criminal responsibility, and of the vision of different legislators and criteria of specialists including in a general way the social, therapeutic medical benefit of the mental patient that becomes a target after being a criminal legal interest.

Psicologia, loucura e justiça: os laudos psicológicos produzidos no IPF / Psychology, madness, and justice: the psychological reports produced by the Forensic Psychiatric Institute Maurício Cardoso / Psicología, locura y justicia: los informes psicológicos producidos por el Instituto Psiquiátrico Forense Maurício Cardoso

Resumo Este artigo busca compreender, desde uma perspectiva arqueogenealógica, a produção de laudos psicológicos no contexto do Instituto Psiquiátrico Forense Maurício Cardoso (IPF) entre 1989 e 2016. Para tal, realiza-se um breve percorrido histórico da reforma do sistema penal do final do século XVIII, com o estabelecimento de uma nova racionalidade penal e dos tensionamentos que o crime sem razão produz neste regime de verdade. Com isso, pretende-se situar a produção dos laudos psicológicos no campo de relações entre os discursos jurídico e psiquiátrico. Foram analisadas 263 papeletas administrativas catalogadas no arquivo do IPF, o que resultou na seleção de 43 documentos produzidos por psicólogos para compor o escopo da pesquisa. Os laudos foram divididos em cinco períodos, nos quais podem ser identificados três regimes discursivos: um regime explicativo, fundado nas relações entre desenvolvimento, instinto e perigo; um regime marcadamente disciplinar, de vigilância e relato; e, por fim, um regime discursivo, que funciona por meio de uma modulação do poder de cuidado.(AU)

Abstract This article aims to understand the production of psychological reports in the Forensic Psychiatric Institute (FPI) Maurício Cardoso between 1989 and 2016 from an archaeogenealogical perspective. To locate the production of psychological reports in the field of relations between judicial and psychiatric discourses, this study performed a brief historical review of the 18th-century penal system reform, which established a new criminal rationality and heightened the tensions produced by crimes without reason in this regime of truth. From the 263 administrative folders cataloged in the FPI archive, 43 documents written by psychologists were selected for the research scope. These documents were analyzed and divided into five different moments, indicating three discursive regimes: an explanatory one, founded on the relations between development, instinct, and danger; a disciplinary regime of surveillance and reporting; and a discursive regime that works through the modulation of care power.(AU)

Resumen Este artículo pretende comprender, desde la perspectiva arqueogenealógica, la producción de informes psicológicos por el Instituto Psiquiátrico Forense Maurício Cardoso (IPF) en el período entre 1989 y 2016. Para ello, se realiza un breve recorrido histórico de la reforma del sistema penal de finales del siglo XVIII, con el establecimiento de una nueva racionalidad penal y de las tensiones que el delito sin razón produce en este régimen de verdad. Lo que se propone es situar la producción de los informes psicológicos en el campo de relaciones entre los discursos jurídico y psiquiátrico. Se analizaron 263 papeletas administrativas catalogadas en el IPF, lo que resultó en la selección de 43 documentos producidos por psicólogos para componer el corpus de la investigación. Los informes se dividieron en cinco períodos en que pueden ser identificados tres regímenes discursivos: el explicativo fundado en las relaciones entre desarrollo, instinto y peligro; el marcadamente disciplinario, de vigilancia y relato; y, por fin, el discursivo que funciona mediante una modulación del poder de cuidado.(AU)

Reinserción social en la unidad de Psiquiatría Forense en Sancti Spíritus

Fundamento:la Psiquiatría Forense es la aplicación de los conocimientos psiquiátricos al proceso de administración de justicia.Objetivo:describir el comportamiento de la reinserción social en la Unidad de Psiquiatría Forense de Sancti Spíritus.Métodos:se comunican los resultados del estudio del comportamiento de los asegurados en la Unidad de Psiquiatría Forense de Sancti Spíritus 2016 al 2018.Resultados:predomina el grupo etáreo entre 24 a 35 años, sexo masculino, la esquizofrenia paranoide con los neurolépticos atípicos como modalidad de tratamiento psico farmacológico más utilizado. Se lograron cambios positivos, que ayudó a la solicitud de cese de medida con su posterior reinserción social.Conclusiones:con la aplicación integral de terapias, se logran cambios que permiten la reinserción social, disminuye el riesgo de que puedan delinquir o violentarse en un futuro.[AU]