ฐานข้อมูลวิจัยด้านสุขภาพจิตและจิตเวช
ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Suphannee Sangrugsa, Duangta Graipaspong.
ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Competency to stand trial among forensic psychiatric patients.
แหล่งที่มา/Source: Journal of Mental Health of Thailand. Vol.15, No.2, May 2007, Page 94.
รายละเอียด / Details:
Objectives. This study was to examine competency to stand trial rate of forensic psychiatric in patients after being discharged from Galya Rajanagarindra Institute to study causes of relapse and average time for fitness to stand trial. Materials and methods. The sample was consisted of 159 forensic psychiatric in-patients who were sent by courts police station and relatives under the section 14 of Criminal Procedure Code. They were discharged from Galya Rajanagarindra Institute during October 1999 to 30th September 2002. The data collection was divided two phases. Firstly the data were collected from in-patient files of Galya Rajanagarindra Institute during March to August 2004. Secondly they were gathered from the criminal procedure during September 2004 to December 2006. The data from 153 cases were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and content analysis from criminal procedure and adjudication report. Results. The results revealed that the competency to stand trial rate was 99.3%. The relapse rate during stand trial process was 22.1%. The causes of relapse were lack of continuous treatment (63.6%) inadequate psychiatric treatment (30.3%) amphetamine or alcohol use during on bail (6.1%). Average time for fitness to stand trial was 289 days. Conclusion. Most of forensic psychiatric patients were able to stand trial. Discontinuous and inadequate treatment were the major causes of relapse during criminal procedure. The study results will be beneficial to improve care planning for standing to trial forensic psychiatric cases.
Keywords: competency to stand trial, forensic psychiatric patients, psychiatry, court, Galya Rajanagarindra Institute
ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2007
Address: Galya Rajanagarindra Institute, Department of Mental Health
Code: 200700054
ISSN/ISBN: 2859-497-X
Country of publication: Thailand
Language: English
Category: abstract
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