WAYS OF SOCIALLY DANGEROUS NATURE ACTS COMMITTED BY PATIENTSIN COMPULSORY MEDICAL TREATMENT / Шинэ санаа Шинэ нээлт

ABSTRACT

The Criminal Code of Mongolia, article 22.2 defines that a person who was imputable at the time of committing a crime but lost the ability to realize the socially dangerous nature of his/her act or omission or to control it due to chronic mental illness, temporary mental derangement, mental deficiency or another serious illness during the consideration of the case in court shall not be subject to criminal liability. A court shall apply to such a person compulsory measures of medical character and decide the matter of imposing punishment after his/her recovery.The Mental Health Law of Mongolia, article 3.1.13 also defines that socially endangered actions of persons with mental disorders means actions of persons who lost self control due to mental disorders by causing self harm, endangering safety of others and community. Therefore obvious need to study the causes of socially dangerous nature acts of patients to whom the court applied compulsory measures of medical character has been assessed.1. Study the diagnosis and mental states when the acts were committed.2. Study the ways of socially dangerous nature acts of mental health patients3. Duration of compulsory medical treatmentsStudy of medical history of those patients discharged from compulsory medical treatment shows that their mental illnesses were started from very young ages and continued in lengthy period of time. Patients with organic mental disorders (39.4%), schizophrenia, schizoid personalitydisorders and delusions (36.4%) were committed socially dangerous acts. Ways of socially dangerous acts were homicide, inflictions of bodily injuries to others including family members and hooliganism.30.3% of patients were in compulsory medical treatment for 10-12 months and 50% of them were with organic mental disorders. 18.2% of patients were in compulsory medical treatment for 25 months and over. 66.6% of them were diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoid personalitydisorder and delusion.