Volume 6, issue 2
Varia
Forensic psychiatric opinions in so-called Hoff's abnormal reaction to alcohol
Danuta Hajdukiewicz1, ELŻBIETA BOGDANOWICZ1
1. Klinika Psychiatrii Sądowej Instytutu Psychiatrii i Neurologii w Warszawie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1997, 6, 187-191
Keywords: forensic psychiatric opinions, alcohol intoxication, Hoff’s abnormal reaction
Abstract
The paper presents the Hoff criteria on which the diagnosis of the so-called abnormal reaction to alcohol should be based. Views of Polish authors (from the 1960s to this day) on the reaction in question and on its effect on the accountability assessment are reviewed.
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