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Volume 6, suplement 1

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Changes in the picture of reactive mental disorders and their relation to the type of committed crime

ZDZISŁAW MAJCHRZY'K1, TERESA GORDON, EWA SZABLEWSKA1
1. Kliniki Psychiatrii Sądowej IPiN w Pruszkowie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 1997, 6, suplement 1 (4), 105-112
Keywords: reactive disorders, homicide, offence against property or economy, forensic psychiatric opinion

Abstract

Clinical patterns of reactive disorders are presented in selected groups of persons who committed prohibited acts in the years 1991-1995. The existing tendencies are analyzed and attention is drawn to some new determinants of reactive disorders onset, as well as to errors in diagnosing such disorders.

Address for correspondence:
Dr Zdzisław Majchrzyk,
Klinika Psychiatrii Sądowej IPiN,
ul. Partyzantów 2/4,
05-802 Pruszków