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Table 5 Symptoms recorded at time of examination with categories present, absent and not mentioned, and active psychotic state, n = 191

From: Are symptoms assessed differently for schizophrenia and other psychoses in legal insanity evaluations of violent crimes?

 

Time of examination

 

Schizophrenia

Other psychotic disordersb

Symptoms

Active psychotic statea

Active psychotic statea

Yes

No

Yes

No

P1 Delusions

Present

60 (88.2)

8 (11.8)

19 (61.3)

12 (38.7)

Absent

4 (21.1)

15 (78.9)

2 (3.8)

51 (96.2)

 

Not mentioned

10 (76.9)

3 (23.1)

0 (0)

7 (100)

P2 Conceptual disorganization

Present

49 (87.5)

7 (12.5)

9 (64.3)

5 (35.7)

Absent

12 (48.0)

13 (52.0)

8 (13.8)

50 (86.2)

 

Not mentioned

13 (68.4)

6 (31.6)

4 (21.1)

15 (78.9)

P3 Hallucina-tory behavior

Present

47 (90.4)

5 (9.6)

8 (80.0)

2 (20.0)

Absent

18 (51.4)

17 (48.6)

12 (16.2)

62 (83.8)

 

Not mentioned

9 (69.2)

4 (30.8)

1 (14.3)

6 (85.7)

Psychotic symptomsc

Present

55 (88.7)

7 (11.3)

14 (66.7)

7 (33.3)

Absent

1 (6.7)

14 (93.3)

0 (0)

44 (100)

 

Not mentioned

18 (78.3)

5 (21.7)

7 (26.9)

19 (73.1)

Impaired functioningc

Present

44 (84.6)

8 (15.4)

7 (29.2)

17 (70.8)

Absent

0 (0)

1 (100)

0 (0)

5 (100)

 

Not mentioned

30 (63.8)

17 (36.2)

14 (22.6)

48 (77.4)

  1. aThis refers to the conclusion of whether the defendant had an active psychotic state of illness (equivalent to legal insanity) at the time of the mental examination (MSE). bAll other diagnoses from F2 and F3-chapters, including SIPD, see Table 1. cThese are general terms used by the forensic experts in their description of the defendants’ mental state