[Forensic psychiatric diagnoses and assessment of abnormal psychosocial development]. / Soudne psychiatrická diagnostika a posuzování psychosociálního abnormního vývoje.

Introduction of the concept of severely abnormal personality development in the legal code in the former GDR in 1968 (section 16, para 1) made acquittal of criminals possible where abnormal psychosocial development was proved. So far, however, statistically based criteria for the classification of this legal decision were lacking. The authors compared, using statistical methods, severely pathological abnormal personality development and a group of subject homogenized on the basis of substantial parameters. Mainly due to multivariance methods they were able to visualize different syndromes which are characterized by the given criteria of severely abnormal personality development.

[Clinical experience with a self-assessment scale for detecting organic psychological syndromes in cerebrovascular insufficiency]. / Klinické zkusenosti se skálou sebehodnocení k zachycení organického psychosyndromu u cerebrovaskulární insuficience.

Cerebrovascular insufficiency is of great importance from the aspect of social medicine. Using a range of self-assessment conceived for ambulatory use, the authors tried therefore to detect it in an early stage to make prophylactic provisions possible. The range of self-assessment comprises 25 questions pertaining to specific symptoms. The patient indicates the replies on a five-grade verbal and digital scale. In addition to the evaluation of the content, the total value which can be easily calculated indicates the grade of manifested psychosyndrome as the basis for a reduced performance of the brain. The evaluation takes age-dependence into account. In the submitted paper results of a comparative examination are presented. The authors compared subjects with confirmed organic psychosyndrome (psychometry, PEG, CT etc.) with a control group of subjects without reduced brain performance. Both groups differed significantly at the 1% level of significance. The authors selected as the third group neurotic subjects who reported similar difficulties but their intensity was significantly smaller than in subjects of the examined group. Finally the results of the range of self-assessment were compared with differential therapeutic results (vasodilatating agents, nootropic agents).

[Abnormal psychosocial development and legal responsibility--results of psychopathometric studies]. / Psychosoziale Fehlentwicklung und strafrechtliche Verantwortlichkeit--Ergebnisse psychopathometrischer Untersuchungen.

The introduction (1968) of the legal concept of Grave Abnormal Development of the Personality Amounting to a Disorder into the penal code, made possible criminal deculpation on the basis of psychosocial maldevelopment. On the basis of an intelligence- and personality-diagnostic test-battery (Psychopathometry), the findings obtained in the examination of a sample of culprits on probation under this legal provision, has been compared with a control group homogeneous in respect of the significant parameters. Psychopathometric methods can and should reasonably supplement expertises of this culprits with defective psychosocial development.

[Forensic psychiatric assessment in the USSR]. / Die gerichtspsychiatrische Begutachtung in der UdSSR.

Basing on the author's experiences during his study stay at the Serbsky All-Union Research Institute for General and Forensic Psychiatry in Moscow a report is given about the theoretical foundations and the carrying-out of forensic-psychiatric expert-opinions in the field of penal as well as civil law in the U.S.S.R. Some peculiarities in comparison with the practice in the G.D.R. are taken in special account.

[Psychosocial maladjustment and criminal responsibility--results of a catamnestic study]. / Psychosoziale Fehlentwicklung und strafrechtliche Zurechnungsfähigkeit--Ergebnisse katamnestischer Erhebungen.

The introduction in 1968 of the legal concept of Grave Abnormal into the penal code, Development of the Personality Amounting to a Disorder made possible criminal exculpation on the basis of psychosocial maldevelopment. Statistically established criteria for its application have hitherto been lacking. A corpus of 276 offenders on probation under this legal provision has now been compared statistically with a control group homogeneous in respect of the significant parameters. It has been possible to arrive at differentiated syndromes which are well characterised by the corresponding criteria in the penal code.

[Severe abnormal development of the personality that can be regarded as pathological--initial results of a catamnestic study]. / Die schwerwiegend abnorme Entwicklung der Persönlichkeit mit Krankheitswert--erste Ergebnisse einer katamnestischen Erhebung.

Proceding from the definition of "severely abnormal development of the personality that can be regarded as pathological" (SAPEK) as defined by Lange in collaboration with the 5th Penal Senate of the supreme court and with reference to the different forms of maldevelopment as categorized by Szewczyk, the author uses his own catamnestic studie to discuss the bounds and frequencies of such abnormal personality developments and criteria for the "severity of the illness" in the sense of Section 16, paragraph 1 (2nd option) of the Code of Criminal Law. In view of their importance, dissocial and psychosexual maldevelopment is dealt with in greater detail.

[Treatment of alcohol-dependent patients in Rostock]. / Behandlung alkoholabhängiger Patienten in Rostock.

In the first part of the paper is reported on differential-therapeutic experiences in the hospital treatment of 307 alcoholics with disulfiram R, Lithium R and Apomorphine R as monotherapy as well as in combined application. Our investigations show that neither lithium R nor apomorphine R have ascertained advantages to the monotherapy with Disulfiram R. An improvement of the still unsatisfactory number of success is to be achieved in the first place by an optimization of the after-care by means of a close sociotherapeutic and if necessary psychotherapeutic care, possibly in special outpatient departments. In the second part of the paper is reported on first experiences.