Socijalna psihijatrija, Vol. 53 No. 1, 2025.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
https://doi.org/10.24869/spsih.2025.27
Women as Forensic Patients – Comparison of Patients with Schizophrenia and Related Disorders and Those with Other Mental Disorders
Iva Žepina
orcid.org/0009-0009-1298-8240
; Health Center of the Primorje – Gorski Kotar County, Rijeka, Republic of Croatia
Goran Arbanas
orcid.org/0000-0002-2770-0942
; Department of Forensic Psychiatry “Dr. Vlado Jukić”, University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče, Zagreb, Republic of Croatia; School of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Republic of Croatia
Sažetak
Women are much less likely to be forensic patients than men. They are most commonly hospitalized for a diagnosis within
the psychotic disorder spectrum. However, studies show that female forensic patients can be divided into specific subgroups
with different characteristics, depending on their diagnoses. The main aim of this study was, therefore, to reveal the differences
between the subgroups of female forensic patients. Our sample consisted of 31 female forensic inpatients of the Department
of Forensic Psychiatry “Dr. Vlado Jukić”, who were hospitalized in the period from 2009 to 2023. We divided them into two
subgroups: a subgroup of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or related disorders, and a subgroup of patients diagnosed
with other mental disorders. The individual characteristics of the two subgroups were compared using a chi-square test and
a t-test. The study showed that differences exist between these two subgroups of patients. The first main difference is in the
level of education. Patients who were not diagnosed with schizophrenia or related disorder were less educated. The other
difference involved a more frequent occurrence of comorbidity in the patients who were not diagnosed with schizophrenia
or related disorder. These differences should be taken into account in order to achieve the best possible treatment outcome
and also to prevent the aggravation of the illness, consequently preventing the commission of the offence itself.
Ključne riječi
Mental Incapacity; Mental Illnesses; Forensic Psychiatry
Hrčak ID:
330215
URI
Datum izdavanja:
26.3.2025.
Posjeta: 719 *