Citation

Inada T, Minagawa F, Iwashita S, Tokui T. Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 1994; 48(4): 729-735.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1440-1819.1994.tb03074.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

In order to examine the characteristics of potential difficult‐to‐manage psychiatric cases, seven potential subgroups were extracted from the criminal offenders who were sent to the division of psychiatric diagnosis, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office for Pre‐Prosecution Psychiatric Justice (PPPJ). The following criteria were used to select the potential subgroups: offenders who had experienced compulsory discharge from a mental hospital, those who had experienced Involuntary Admission to the mental hospital by the Prefectural Governor at least twice, those who had experienced admission to mental hospitals on more than 5 occasions, those who had been put on PPPJ previously for other criminal matters at least 3 times, those who had previously attempted suicide, and those who had committed homicide or arson. From the results of this study, it could be concluded that at least two types of "difficult‐to‐manage" psychiatric cases exist in the criminal offenders. Copyright © 1994, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; homicide; female; male; schizophrenia; suicide attempt; article; major clinical study; criminal behavior; offender; drug dependence; mental hospital; arson; mental deficiency; involuntary commitment; criminal offender; difficult‐to‐manage psychiatric cases; Pre‐Prosecution Psychiatric Justice