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[Evaluation on social function in cases involving sexual assault of patients with mental retardation]
Bin Wang1, Bao-Hua Li, Jun-Mei Hu
1Department of Forensic Psychiatry, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China. whb5678@163.com
Objective:
To explore social function in assessment of self-defense capability of patients with mental retardation against sexual assault.
Methods:
The data of 125 sexual assault victims with mental retardation were collected according to our forensic psychiatry assessment criteria. Mental retardation was rated with WAIS-RC, GAF, and the rating scale of the intelligence disability.
Results:
There were significant differences in occupation, marital status, education, knowledge about sex, and history of pregnancy among the patients with different levels of self-defense capability. The kappa values of the rating scale score of the intelligence disability, GAF, and IQ were 0.710, 0.661, and 0.494; the kappa values of that and self-defense capability were 0.538, 0.472, and 0.316 respectively.
Conclusion:
The level of social function is very important in the assessment of self-defense capability in patients with mental retardation.
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