Cognition in older offenders in North Rhine-Westphalia: A comparison of prisoners and patients in forensic psychiatry hospitals

Verhülsdonk, Sandra; Folkerts, Ann-Kristin; Dietrich, K.; Höft, Barbara; Supprian, Tillmann; Jänner, M; Kalbe, Elke

doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101892

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“…The high frequency of first-time offenses among these individuals and the relationship with disinhibition are suggestive of an emerging psychopathology in contrast to challenging personality traits. Verhulsdonk and colleagues (2023) demonstrated greater impairment using the frontal assessment battery (FAB) among older forensic inpatients when compared with older prisoners. Liljegren and coworkers (2019) therefore recommend that older individuals exhibiting criminal or socially inappropriate behavior for the first time be screened for neurodegenerative disorders.…”

Section: Mbi and Delinquencymentioning

confidence: 99%

Mild Behavioral Impairment

Haussmann,

Lange,

Donix

2023

GeroPsych

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Socially inappropriate behavior accompanies and modulates delinquency across the lifespan. In contrast to young people, the emergence of such traits among older individuals could indicate incipient neurodegenerative disease. Before developing a neurocognitive disorder, subtle behavioral changes may reflect a disintegration of neural networks involved in impulse control or social cognition. Whereas psychiatric evaluation often considers a comprehensive cognitive assessment, unremarkable results may discourage clinicians from recognizing brain disease underlying behavioral disturbance. We first provide an overview of its manifestations and neural correlates and the interrelations with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) before demonstrating how to investigate and diagnose mild behavioral impairment (MBI). Finally, we show how to appreciate MBI in geriatric forensic psychiatry.

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Section: Mbi and Delinquencymentioning

confidence: 99%