The purpose of this phenomenological study was to identify commonly occurring factors in
filicide-suicide offenders, to describe this phenomenon better, and ultimately to enhance …

This document is intended as a review of legal and psychiatric factors to give practical
guidance and assistance in the performance of competence to stand trial evaluations. This …

OBJECTIVE: Lack of insight affects the management of schizophrenia. The interrelationship
between lack of insight and illness attributes in patients with schizophrenia who commit …

Forensic hospital records of 39 severely mentally ill mothers adjudicated Not Guilty by Reason
of Insanity for filicide (child murder by parents) were analyzed to describe characteristics …

Few issues, if any, in mental health have received such widespread attention as the topic of
violence and mental illness. It is of long-standing controversy [1], and views have shifted …

Courts frequently adjudicate criminal defendants as incompetent to stand trial and order
defendants to psychiatric hospitals for treatment and education designed to restore the …

This is a review of articles published during the past year on violence and mental illness.
Topics discussed include the association between violence and mental illness, epidemiology of …

Forensic hospital records of 39 severely mentally ill mothers adjudicated Not Guilty by Reason
of Insanity for filicide (child murder by parents) were analyzed to describe characteristics …

The authors present the case of a man who was hospitalized after claiming that he was about
to become a serial killer. The patient presented with extensive written homicidal fantasies …

Psychiatrists and mental health professionals in the role of forensic examiners require certain
knowledge and skills to perform competency examinations, which are the most common …