Ensino e Conhecimento
Artigos Publicados
A forensic-psychiatric study of sexual offenders in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Highlights
• There is a lack of scientific studies on the profile of sexual aggressors in the Brazilian scientific literature.
• Clinical features, criminal behaviour characteristics, and penal responsibility of sexual offenders in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were investigated.
• These sexual offenders were single, working part time, with no mental disorder, who perpetrated indecent assault.
• The majority of sexual aggressors did not suffer from a mental disorder.
• It is important to characterize sexual offenders and their victims, in order to improve the definition of penal responsibility in these cases.
Cerebral calcifications and schizophreniform disorder
CONCLUSION: The calcium and phosphorus disturbances, including hypoparathyroidism, are common causes of CC. Its symptoms can imitate psychiatric disorders and produce serious and permanent cognitive sequelae. The exclusion of organicity is mandatory in any psychiatric investigative diagnosis in order to avoid unfavorable outcomes, such as in the present case report.
Criminal Responsibility Scale: Development and Validation of a Psychometric Tool Structured in Clinical Vignettes for Criminal Responsibility Assessments in Brazil
Conclusion
The CRS revealed objective criteria for determining CU and CD in the assessment of CR. The phenomenological nature of these LCs precludes an immediately objective determination and requires elements from psychopathology for its objective determination (2, 13, 32–35). Our study helps answer the following key question: What are the appropriate criteria of scientificity for subjective psychopathological constructs? Our results point to the analysis of semantic elements that proved to be safe parameters with required standards of scientificity for subjective psychopathological constructs. The analysis of semantic elements may be expanded by future research in this area. Additionally, the CRS proved to be a useful complementary method in forensic assessments of CR, without ruling out an analysis by a forensic expert.
Schizophrenia and violence: study in a general psychiatric hospital with HCR-20 and MOAS
Conclusion:
HCR-20 was useful and reliable for distinguishing between violent and nonviolent patients with schizophrenia in this clinical psychiatric setting. Item analysis identified the most relevant characteristics in each group. The use of the HCR-20 in clinical psychiatric settings should be encouraged.
Phenomenological aspects of the cognitive rumination construct
Conclusion:
Empirical studies fail when evaluating phenomenological aspects of the cognitive elements of the CR construct. Psychopathology and phenomenology may help define the characteristics of CR elements and may contribute to their understanding and hierarchical organization as a construct. A review of the psychopathology principles established by Jasper may clarify some of these issues.
Factors related to bias in forensic psychiatric assessments in criminal matters: A systematic review
Conclusion:
The control of inherent biases in forensic psychiatry assessments on criminal matters remains a current challenge, difficult to control in forensic practice. The identification, control and avoidance of them may improve the quality the forensic psychiatric expertise in criminal matters.