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BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to assess the potential for future violent behaviour comparing patients recruited from forensic and general psychiatric wards in Germany. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty patients were recruited from a forensic hospital and 29 from a general psychiatric hospital. In the weeks preceding discharge, structured assessments of the future risk of violent behaviour were completed using the HCR-20. RESULTS: There was little difference in the risk presented by the two groups. Forensic patients presented an elevated risk of violence because of historical factors, while the risk among patients from general psychiatry was due to clinical symptoms. CONCLUSION: Some criminal offences could be prevented if more time and effort were spent in general psychiatric practice in identifying patients at high risk for violence and in reducing symptoms of psychoses before discharge.
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Psiquiatría Forense/métodos , Trastornos Mentales/diagnóstico , Trastornos Mentales/epidemiología , Determinación de la Personalidad/estadística & datos numéricos , Psiquiatría/métodos , Medición de Riesgo/métodos , Violencia/estadística & datos numéricos , Alemania/epidemiología , Humanos , Incidencia , Factores de Riesgo , Violencia/prevención & control , Violencia/psicologíaRESUMEN
The spark-source mass spectrometric assessment of silicon concentrations in silicon-doped vertical-gradient-freeze gallium arsenide is presented. The silicon concentrations determined are compared with the charge-carrier densities measured by means of the Hall effect with van der Pauw symmetry along the axis of a single crystal.
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The analysis of the delinquency bringing disordered offenders into a hospital order institution reveals a lot of very conscious and well organized behavior during the criminal activity. This must be taken into account in therapy and prognosis.
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Trastorno de Personalidad Antisocial/psicología , Internamiento Obligatorio del Enfermo Mental/legislación & jurisprudencia , Crimen/legislación & jurisprudencia , Defensa por Insania , Motivación , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Trastorno de Personalidad Antisocial/diagnóstico , Trastorno de Personalidad Antisocial/rehabilitación , Crimen/psicología , Femenino , Alemania , Humanos , Masculino , Competencia Mental/legislación & jurisprudencia , Persona de Mediana Edad , PronósticoRESUMEN
A patient with localized scleroderma of the head, uveitis, and Raynaud's phenomenon presented with generalized seizures, spastic hemiparesis, and local IgG production in the cerebrospinal fluid. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed progressive cortical and subcortical brain parenchymal lesions mainly adjacent to the cutaneous and bony lesions and probably of inflammatory origin.
