Criminological characteristics of mental disorders due to psychoactive substances
Abstract：Objective To explore the characteristics of the criminal cases of substance -induced mental disorders in forensic psychiatry.Methods We retrospectively studied in 193 criminal cases of mental disorders due to substance abuse with the case registration form made by West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine ,Sichuan University.Results In all the subjects ,95.3% were male , 88.5% didn't reach high-school-educated ,92.2% didn't have a regular job ,70.4% never tried to a-bandon drug habits ,94.8% didn't persist in treatment.Strangers (47.9% ) and neighbors/friends (28.8% ) were main victims.Most suspects had no premeditation (63.2% ) ,using drugs (62.7% ) ,no trigger event(59.6% ) before committing the crime ,and most cases were violent offense (79.3% ).From the crime purpose ,most cases(56.0% ) were affected by the symptoms of psychosis and no purpose or unknown reasons ,also temporary determine(53.9% ).Most cases were accomplished (93.3% ) ,could recall the process(96.4% ).The suspects were assessed criminally responsible(99.5% ) for their ac-tions.Conclusions Most of the suspects of mental disorders due to psychoactive substance were male , low educated ,unemployed ,and used drug before ,suddenly committing the violent crime.
Keywords：Mental disordersForensic psychiatryPsychoactive substancesCriminal re-sponsibility
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 66-69 )