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Individualized rTMS Treatment for Depression using an fMRI-Based Targeting Method

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[Psychiatric treatment sentences].

Hanne Stevens¹, Merete Nordentoft, Esben Agerbo

¹Center for Registerforskning, Aarhus Universitet, 8000 Arhus C, Denmark. hs@ncrr.dk

Ugeskrift for Laeger

|September 10, 2010

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The increase in sentences to psychiatric treatment (SPT) is linked to violent crimes, especially assaults against public servants. Trends for other violent offenses show similar patterns between SPT and custodial sentences.

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Area of Science:

Forensic Psychiatry
Criminology
Public Health

Background:

Danish studies previously compared psychiatric treatment populations with crime statistics.
This study examines incident sentences to psychiatric treatment (SPT) from 1990-2006, considering crime type and severity.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze time-trends of SPT in relation to different crime types and sentence severities.
To investigate factors influencing the rise in SPT and compare them with general sentencing trends.

Main Methods:

Utilized national crime statistics from Statistics Denmark.
Compared time-trends of SPT with suspended and custodial sentences, stratified by crime type.

Main Results:

The increase in SPT is primarily driven by violent offending.
Assaults against public servants significantly contributed to the rise in SPT.
For violent offenses against private persons, SPT trends parallel those of custodial sentences.

Conclusions:

Societal factors like reporting, police priorities, and court practices may influence both general and psychiatric patient sentencing.
The rise in violent offenses against public servants is disproportionately higher among those receiving SPT.
The likelihood of perpetrators of violent offenses against civilians being psychiatric patients remains low and stable.