Matcheswalla Yusuf, De Sousa Avinash
President, BPS, 2006-2007. Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Masina Hospital, Mumbai. Hon.Professor of Psychiatry, Grant Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Phone- +919820081884. E-mail:
Mens Sana Monogr. 2015 Jan-Dec;13(1):143-9. doi: 10.4103/0973-1229.153325.
Psychiatry and crime are linked in certain ways. On one hand, we have criminal offenders with serious psychopathology; and on the other hand, we have psychiatric patients who may commit criminal offences during the influence of a psychiatric disorder. The psychiatrist in practice has to come in contact with the criminal justice system at some point of time in his career. Forensic psychiatry under whose realm these issues reside is a branch yet underdeveloped in India. The present paper reviews the inter-relationship between crime and psychiatry and the factors involved therein.
精神病学与犯罪在某些方面存在关联。一方面，我们有患有严重精神病理学问题的刑事罪犯；另一方面，我们有一些精神病患者可能在精神障碍的影响下实施刑事犯罪。在实际工作中，精神科医生在其职业生涯的某个阶段必须与刑事司法系统接触。这些问题所属领域的法医精神病学在印度仍是一个尚未充分发展的分支。本文回顾了犯罪与精神病学之间的相互关系以及其中涉及的因素。
