Mental Illness and Homicide – Prevention of Recidivism
| Autor: | Valentina Talevska, Branko Stefanovski |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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| Zdroj: | Acta clinica Croatica Volume 50 Issue 4 |
| ISSN: | 1333-9451 0353-9466 |
| Popis: | We hypothesized that the integration of forensic psychiatrists and the forensic system into the general stream of mental health should lead to better reintegration of forensic patients into the society. The aims of the study were to explore the link between violence, murder, psychiatric disorders and other variables, and to suggest a mode of prevention of criminal recidivism. This investigation provided a more reflective profile of mentally ill persons convicted of murder, hospitalized in Psychiatric Hospital in Demir Hisar in Macedonia between 2007 and 2009. Study results indicated the offender with severe mental illness incarcerated for murder in Demir Hisar Psychiatric Hospital to be predominantly suffering from a mood disorder, to be a male with secondary school education, and to have significant intimate and family relationships characterized by rage as a frequently mentioned motive for murder. On committing homicide, they frequently used firearm or sharp objects. The offenders lived in dysfunctional families, had extensive histories of substance abuse and criminal activity before their murder conviction, and received inadequate treatment for their mental disorder and substance abuse. We suggest that the offenders (murderers) continue their treatment in mental health forensic services upon completing their obligatory treatment at a psychiatric hospital. Naša je hipoteza da bi se integracijom forenzičnih psihijatara i sudske medicine u matičnu zaštitu mentalnog zdravlja obuzdalo širenje sudske psihijatrije i postiglo bolje ponovno uključivanje ovih bolesnika u društvo. Cilj ove studije bio je ispitati povezanost nasilja, ubojstava, psihijatrijskih poremećaja i drugih varijabla, te predložiti metode prevencije ponavljanja zločina. Ovo ispitivanje daje promišljeni profil mentalno bolesnih osoba zatočenih zbog ubojstva u Psihijatrijskoj bolnici Demir Hisar u Makedoniji u razdoblju od 2007. do 2009. godine. Prema dobivenim rezultatima, počinitelji zatočeni u ovoj bolnici najčešće boluju od poremećaja raspoloženja, muškog su spola, imaju srednješkolsko obrazovanje i značajne intimne i obiteljske odnose obilježene bijesom i gnjevom, koji se često spominju kao motiv ubojstva. U počinjenju ubojstva oni često rabe vatreno oružje ili neki oštar predmet. Počinitelji su živjeli u disfunkcionalnim obiteljima, imali su opsežnu povijest zlouporabe psihoaktivnih tvari i kriminalnih djela prije počinjenja ubojstva, dok je liječenje njihove psihičke bolesti i zlouporabe psihoaktivnih tvari bilo nedostatno. Stoga preporučamo da počinitelji (ubojice), nakon što odsluže obvezatno liječenje u psihijatrijskoj bolnici, nastave s liječenjem u službi sudske medicine u okviru zaštite mentalnog zdravlja. |
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