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Pei-Chuan Wu1, Yu-Ching Chou1, Hui-Wen Yeh1
1Dr. Wu is Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Huang is Attending Psychiatrist and Professor; Dr. Cheng is Attending Physician, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Dr. Chang is Attending Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor; and Dr. Tzeng is Attending Psychiatrist, Assistant Professor and the Director of Program for Forensic Psychiatry Training, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Chou is Associate Professor, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan. Ms. Yeh is a lecturer, Department of Nursing, Kang-Ning College of Healthcare and Management, Kang-Ning University, Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Kao is the Director and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Song-Shan Branch, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Abstract:
We examined the mandatory treatment referral rates before and after Taiwan's Penal Code revision of 2006 and factors associated with the mandatory treatment in Taiwan of criminals who engage in substance abuse. The 3,467 offenders who underwent forensic psychiatric assessments, based on Taiwan's court sentence dataset, included 3,163 offenders with substance-abuse-related crimes, but only 412 (13%) received mandatory treatment. There were no changes in mandatory treatment referral rates before and after the revision. The three main factors that determined whether an offender received mandatory psychiatric treatment were an agreement by the forensic psychiatrist and the presiding judge attesting to the lack of legal responsibility during the commission of the offense, the presence of substance-related psychosis, and location of the court in a rural area.
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