Open AccessCLINICAL FEATURES OF PSYCHOSIS IN MULTI-SUBSTANCE USE IN FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY
Author(s) -
Hữu Lợi Nguyễn,
Văn Vĩnh Ngô
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
y học cộng đồng
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2354-0613
DOI - 10.52163/jcm.v62i1.8
Subject(s) - delusion , psychosis , psychiatry , forensic psychiatry , psychology , forensic science , auditory hallucination , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , clinical psychology , medicine , veterinary medicine
Multi-substance use can cause severe psychosis, leading to violations of the law. Purposes: To describe clinical features of psychosis in multi-subtance use in forensic psychiatry. Objects and research methods: Retrospective 52 examination records of criminal offenders solicited by procedural authorities at the Central Institute for Forensic Psychiatry, were diagnosed by the cxamination council using multi-substance in 2017 and 2018. Result: The study subjects are mainly male (94,2%), the average age is 34,94 ± 7,05, unstable occupation (50%) or unemployed (38,5%), low level of education (100%). 34,6% have delusions, 44,2% have hallucinations. Persecutory delusion was the most frequent delusion (66,7%), followed by delusion of being followed (22,2%); conversational hallucination is most encountered (56,7%); followed by the command hallucination (26,1%).