CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS FROM THE ASPECT OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE

Authors

  • Valentina Talevska Demir Hisar Psychiatric Hospital, RS Macedonia
  • Angela Talevska Faculty of Medicine, University of St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, RS Macedonia
  • Aneta Hristova Primary school "Gjorgi Sugarev" -Bitola, R.N. Macedonia

Keywords:

criminal factor, type of crime, forensic patients

Abstract

Mental health is a national capital, so mental health care must be broad and focused on several key areas of action: promotion and improvement of mental health, prevention, early detection, treatment and rehabilitation of behavioral disorders and mental disorders. Activities are aimed at the entire population, but also specific to certain population groups (risky and vulnerable - children, single mothers, the elderly, refugees, displaced persons). This must also include cross-sectoral cooperation, which includes the involvement of associations (eg patients, NGOs, etc.), then a number of ministries, from the Ministry of Education and Sports, the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Policy, the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of Finance. Local governments and the media must join this. Mental health services should be organized so that they are easily accessible to the entire population from all geographical areas, regardless of gender, ethnicity, race, religion, age, educational level and social status. Therefore, the ethical principle must be the leading factor. Objectives: 1. We examined the risk of recurrence of crime in patients with criminogenic behavior in the examined and in the control group. 2. Influence of factors that reflect psychiatric health care for the occurrence of criminogenic relapse in persons with mental illness. In our study, users of two groups, experimental and control, were examined. The experimental group (EG) consisted of subjects who committed recidivism, and the control group (KG) was composed of users who did not have recidivism. The trial period is two years. The characteristics of the patient from the aspect of the committed crime were examined. The number of respondents is different in two groups, EG and KG. The influence of established criminal offenses on the recurrence of crime was also examined. The experimental group included patients who had relapsed, and the control group contained patients without recurrence, while subjects in both groups were treated at the Psychiatric Hospital in Demir Hisar, R. S. Macedonia. Violent behavior, violation of the general security of public order and peace, rape, theft and infliction of grievous bodily harm, are the most common crimes committed by patients with recurrence of crime. Patients with a recurrence of crime commit more serious crimes than patients without a recurrence of crime, most likely due to other factors that influence it. Our research is essential in essence, as it finds application in the opening of special mental health centers for the treatment of forensic psychiatric patients.

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2021-08-16

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Talevska, V., Talevska, A., & Hristova, A. (2021). CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS FROM THE ASPECT OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE. KNOWLEDGE - International Journal , 47(4), 655–661. Retrieved from https://ikm.mk/ojs/index.php/kij/article/view/4835

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