[Who Benefits from Forensic Psychiatric Treatment? Results of a Catamnestic Study in Swabia]

Evaluation of treatment outcomes of forensic inpatients in the Bavarian district of Swabia (2010 - 2014).

130 inpatients were interviewed about their social reintegration, substance use and delinquency immediately after discharge from forensic psychiatry and one year after.

One year after discharge 67 % of the patients referred due to substance use disorder according to § 64 of the German Penal Code were employed, 57 % were abstinent and 83 % did not reoffend. Patients who were detained due to severe mental illness according to § 63 of the German Penal Code often received inability pensions (57 %), 14 % were integrated in sheltered workshops and 100 % did not reoffend.

Forensic-psychiatric treatment contributes to rehabilitation and reduces risk factors of mentally disordered offenders.