Ohayon M M, Crocker A, St-Onge B, Caulet M
Centre de Recherche Philippe Pinel de Montréal, Quebec.
Can J Psychiatry. 1998 Jun;43(5):491-5. doi: 10.1177/070674379804300507.
To compare the characteristics of individuals assessed for fitness to stand trial (FST) with those assessed for criminal responsibility (CR).
This study examines all the consecutive requests of FST or CR addressed to the only forensic psychiatric hospital in the province of Quebec and 2 prisons in the Montreal area over a 1-year period.
In all, 170 FST, 52 CR, and 29 both FST and CR assessment requests were received (251 subjects). Psychiatrists' recommendations and court verdicts of unfitness to stand trial or not criminally responsible on account of mental disorders were mostly related to the presence of a psychotic-spectrum disorder. There is generally a good agreement between psychiatric recommendations and verdicts of the court, with the exception of unfitness recommendations.
Defendants referred for a FST or a CR assessment displayed similar characteristics. However, although subjects with psychotic disorders represented more than one-half of the unfit or not criminally responsible verdicts, most of the subjects with psychoses were found competent to stand trial or responsible.
比较接受审判能力（FST）评估的个体与接受刑事责任（CR）评估的个体的特征。
本研究考察了在1年时间内，向魁北克省唯一的法医精神病医院以及蒙特利尔地区的2所监狱提出的所有连续的FST或CR请求。
共收到170项FST、52项CR以及29项同时涉及FST和CR评估的请求（251名受试者）。精神病医生关于因精神障碍而不适合受审或无刑事责任能力的建议及法庭裁决大多与存在精神分裂症谱系障碍有关。除了不适合受审的建议外，精神病学建议与法庭裁决之间总体上有较好的一致性。
被转介进行FST或CR评估的被告表现出相似的特征。然而，尽管患有精神障碍的受试者占不适合受审或无刑事责任能力裁决的一半以上，但大多数患有精神病的受试者被认定有受审能力或有刑事责任能力。
