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Table 6 Symptoms recorded at time of offense with categories present, absent and not mentioned, and legal insanity, n = 191

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

 

Time of offense

 

Schizophrenia

Other psychotic disordersb

Symptoms

Legal insanitya

Legal insanitya

Yes

No

Yes

No

P1 Delusions

Present

33 (89.2)

4 (10.8)

23 (60.5)

15 (39.5)

Absent

0

0

0 (0)

4 (100)

 

Not mentioned

51 (81.0)

12 (19.0)

5 (10.2)

44 (89.2)

P2 Conceptual disorganization

Present

15 (88.2)

2 (11.8)

6 (60.0)

4 (40.0)

Absent

1 (100)

0 (0)

1 (20.0)

4 (80.0)

 

Not mentioned

68 (82.9)

14 (17.1)

21 (27.6)

55 (72.4)

P3 Hallucina-tory behavior

Present

26 (92.9)

2 (7.1)

8 (53.3)

7 (46.7)

Absent

0

0

1 (12.5)

7 (87.5)

 

Not mentioned

58 (80.6)

14 (19.4)

19 (27.9)

49 (72.1)

Psychotic symptomsc

Present

61 (92.4)

5 (7.6)

15 (48.4)

16 (21.6)

Absent

1 (11.0)

8 (89.0)

0 (0)

24 (100)

 

Not mentioned

22 (88.0)

3 (12.0)

13 (36.0)

23 (64.0)

Impaired functioningc

Present

44 (93.6)

3 (6.4)

14 (56.0)

11 (44.0)

Absent

0

0

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

 

Not mentioned

40 (75.5)

13 (24.5)

13 (20.0)

51 (80.0)

  1. aThis refers to the conclusion of legal insanity at the time of the offense committed (in Norwegian legislation “Psychotic” in the legal sense). 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 a defendant’s mental state