Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2012;40(1):89-97.
Archival data of inpatient defendants referred for competency restoration were used to make comparisons between those who were restored to competency (CST; n = 43) and those who remained incompetent (IST; n = 15). The groups did not differ on demographic variables, intellectual capacity, type of offense (violent versus nonviolent), clinical diagnoses, substance abuse, or psychotic symptomatology, as measured by the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. However, the CST group performed significantly better than the IST group on both the initial and final Georgia Court Competency Test and Global Assessment of Functioning scale. Psychotic symptom severity decreased significantly only in the CST group, and the CST group was discharged significantly sooner (7.7 ± 8.6 months) than the IST group (17.9 ± 7.0 months). While consistent with prior research, this is the first study to compare both psycholegal comprehension and specific clinical symptoms in defendants before and after competency restoration treatment.
使用住院被告的档案数据来比较那些恢复能力（CST；n = 43）和那些仍然无能力（IST；n = 15）的人。这两个组在人口统计学变量、智力能力、犯罪类型（暴力与非暴力）、临床诊断、药物滥用或精神病症状方面没有差异，这些都是通过简明精神病评定量表来衡量的。然而，CST 组在初始和最终的乔治亚州法庭能力测试和全球功能评估量表上的表现明显优于 IST 组。精神病症状严重程度仅在 CST 组显著下降，CST 组的出院时间明显早于 IST 组（7.7 ± 8.6 个月）。虽然与先前的研究一致，但这是第一次在恢复能力治疗前后比较被告的法律和具体临床症状。
