Wang Hui-Yi, Chen Jiun-Hsiung, Huang San-Yuan, Yeh Hui-Wen, Mao Wei-Chung, Chang Hsin-An, Kao Yu-Chen, Yeh Chin-Bin, Chou Yu-Ching, Chiang Wei-Shan, Tzeng Nian-Sheng
Dr. Wang is Attending Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, and Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. Dr. Chen is the Director and a Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Armed Forces Kaohsiung General Hospital, Gangshan Branch, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC. Professor Huang is a Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. Ms. Yeh is a lecturer, Department of Nursing, Kang-Ning University (Taipei Campus), Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, and a PhD student, Institute of Bioinformatics and System Biology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC. Dr. Mao is a Psychiatrist, Chen Hsin General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. Dr. Chang is a Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, School of Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. Dr. Kao is a Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, Song-Shan Branch, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. Prof. Yeh is the Director and a Psychiatrist, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. Dr. Chou is an Associate Professor, School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. Ms. Chiang is a research associate, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. Dr Tzeng is a Psychiatrist, the Director of the Training Program for Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Tri-Service General Hospital, and the Director of Student Counseling Center, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. This study was funded by a grant (MAB-102-69) from the National Defense Medical Center.
J Am Acad Psychiatry Law. 2018 Mar;46(1):45-51.
Dementia is an increasing world-wide health problem, and the association between dementia and adjudication of crimes has rarely been studied. The data in this study are described and analyzed by gender, psychiatric diagnosis, type of crime, and the acceptance rate by the courts of opinions tendered by forensic psychiatric examiners. The source data are derived from the databank of the Judicial Yuan (Judicial Department) of the Republic of China Law and Regulations Retrieval System. There was a male predominance of 85.1 percent. Larceny (42.6%) was the most frequent crime. There was also a high judicial acceptance rate of 91.5 percent of the professional opinions received from forensic psychiatric evaluators who examined defendants at the request of the courts. Psychiatrists play an important role in providing their professional opinions for the Taiwanese courts with regard to adjudication of evaluees with dementia. Most courts accepted psychiatrists' professional opinions about offenders with dementia, and the rate of acceptance was reflected in the judicial rulings of criminal responsibility.
痴呆症是一个日益严重的全球性健康问题，而痴呆症与犯罪裁决之间的关联很少被研究。本研究的数据按性别、精神科诊断、犯罪类型以及法院对法医精神病检查人员所提意见的接受率进行了描述和分析。源数据来自中华民国法律法规检索系统司法院（法务部）数据库。男性占比85.1%，占主导地位。盗窃罪（42.6%）是最常见的犯罪。法院对应法院要求对被告进行检查的法医精神病评估人员所提供的专业意见接受率也很高，为91.5%。精神病医生在就痴呆症被评估者的裁决向台湾法院提供专业意见方面发挥着重要作用。大多数法院接受了精神病医生关于痴呆症罪犯的专业意见，接受率反映在刑事责任的司法裁决中。
