Mental disorder is a cause of crime: The cornerstone of forensic psychiatry

Anckarsäter, Henrik; Radovic, Susanna; Svennerlind, Christer; Höglund, Pontus; Radovic, Filip

doi:10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.09.002

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“…If a subject lacked these abilities, then courts may use statements such as “not guilty by reason of insanity,” “incapacitated person,” or “(partial) mental insanity” (2). Recent developments of neuroscience in clinical practice have lead to consider the potential role of neuroscience data for assessing criminal responsibility in forensic psychiatric examination (FPE) (3). In the literature, opportunities, threats, and limitations of the introduction of neuroscience in FPE have been widely debated (4, 5).…”

Section: Neuroscience Data and Forensic Psychiatric Examination: Oppomentioning

confidence: 99%

Which Future for Neuroscience in Forensic Psychiatry: Theoretical Hurdles and Empirical Chances

Casartelli

Chiamulera

2013

Front. Psychiatry

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Section: Neuroscience Data and Forensic Psychiatric Examination: Oppomentioning

confidence: 99%

Which Future for Neuroscience in Forensic Psychiatry: Theoretical Hurdles and Empirical Chances

Casartelli

Chiamulera

2013

Front. Psychiatry

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“…This result was supported by a later meta-analysis [18]. Currently, psychotic symptoms are widely considered to be correlated with an increased likelihood of violence [18,19], even considering differences in definition [20]. The meta-analysis conducted by Douglas et al, concluded that psychosis increased the risk of violence by 49-68% [21].…”

Section: Mental Disorders and Violencementioning

confidence: 87%

Risk Assessment and Manage- ment of Violence in Patients with Mental Disorders: A Re- view

Shiina¹

2015

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“…It is a well-established fact in contemporary neuropsychology that brain alterations are mere risk factors for the occurrence of abnormal behaviors. 97 For a critical discussion on the use of neuroscientific findings into forensic setting, refer Sartori et al 98 The results of our previous investigation 91 could be particularly useful for the assessment of mental insanity in a forensic setting. Such assessment is made complicated by the fact that psychiatric symptoms can be easily faked or exaggerated and that most defendants assessed for mental insanity do not have a previous psychiatric history.…”

Section: Translation To Clinical Practicementioning

confidence: 94%

Voxel-based morphometry: current perspectives

Scarpazza¹,

Simone²

2016

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Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) is a widely used automated technique for the analysis of neuroanatomical images. This work, which reviews important VBM clinical findings of the last few years, is divided into two main sections. After briefly introducing VBM methodology, in the first part, VBM findings on neurological and psychiatric diseases have been discussed separately. The reported studies were divided into studies that examine the diagnostic value of VBM results and their usefulness for the differential diagnosis between two disorders; studies investigating the potential of VBM for the diagnosis in an early stage of the illness, and studies that examine the utility of VBM for predicting the transition from prodromal phase to full-blown disease. In the second part, this review focuses on the most recent findings on the single-case approach. This analysis is useful for promoting the translational impact of VBM results in clinical practice, where clinicians need to make inferences at the level of the individual patient. Finally, within the single-case approach, a paragraph is dedicated to the potential forensic applications of VBM. Indeed, if used to support and integrate results obtained with classical forensic evaluations, VBM may provide objective data that could be used to reduce controversy in forensic psychiatric evaluations of mental insanity. In this second part, particular emphasis is given to the problem of results interpretation, which should be based mainly on the presence of anatomoclinical correlation. The review finishes with a provocative note reporting an interesting result of a single-case VBM analysis that highlights the risk to fall into the "reverse inference" reasoning. This example has been chosen because it effectively highlights the risks that are encountered when this technique is inappropriately used.

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Mental disorder is a cause of crime: The cornerstone of forensic psychiatry

Cited by 41 publications

References 20 publications

Which Future for Neuroscience in Forensic Psychiatry: Theoretical Hurdles and Empirical Chances

Which Future for Neuroscience in Forensic Psychiatry: Theoretical Hurdles and Empirical Chances

Risk Assessment and Manage- ment of Violence in Patients with Mental Disorders: A Re- view

Voxel-based morphometry: current perspectives

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