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[Analysis of 324 cases of forensic psychiatry expert testimony in Chongqing]
1Mental Health Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Objective:
To study the current situation and features of forensic psychiatric identification in Chongqing.
Methods:
The demographic data and criminological characteristics of 324 cases were analyzed using self-made questionnaire.
Results:
There were 322 cases in which opinions to diagnosis and law-related items were both given. One hundred and forty-five cases were schizophrenias (45.03%), 51 were mental retardation (15.84%), 78 were others (24.22%), and 48 showed no psychosis (14.91%). In legal conclusion, 211 cases (65.53%) were evaluated for criminal responsibility and 41 (12.65%) were evaluated for competence of sex defense.
Conclusion:
Most cases has psychosis shows the importance and necessity of forensic psychiatric identification, and various jurisprudence conclusions indicated the diversity and complexity of these cases.
