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Criminal Responsibility in Amphetamine Psychosis
Author(s) -
Fukushima Akira
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1994.tb03032.x
Subject(s) - amphetamine , psychopathology , psychosis , psychology , situational ethics , anxiety , psychiatry , criminal responsibility , clinical psychology , psychopathy , personality , social psychology , criminology , criminal law , neuroscience , dopamine
Historical changes in forensic psychiatric evaluation on criminal responsibility and proceedings in psychopathological findings of amphetamine psychosis are reviewed at first. The classification of amphetamine related mental disorders are proposed in 6 types. Among them, the clinical characteristics and psychopathological features of “Anxiety‐situational reaction type” (Fukushima) are described. According to some reasonable grounds, offenders diagnosed as anxiety‐situational reaction type should be evaluated as diminished responsibility in place of irresponsibility. Finally, two cases of murder committed under the influence of amphetamine, are reported in detail.