노인정신질환과 범죄행위의 연관성 및 특징에 관한 연구

• 영문명: A Study of Criminal Manifestation and Characteristics of Elderly Mental Illness
• 발행기관: 대한노인정신의학회
• 저자명: 차승민(Seungmin Cha) 임경옥(Kyung-Ok Lim) 조성남(Sung-Nam Cho) 장소영(Soyeong Jang) 한송이(Songyi Han)
• 간행물 정보: 『노인정신의학』노인정신의학 제25권 제1호, 23~29쪽, 전체 7쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 정신과학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2021.04.30

영문 초록

Objective: As the population of the elderly increases, the prevalence of dementia and other mental diseases of the elderly is also increasing. Dementia is a typical elderly mental illness. Some people with dementia may cause a crime due to symptoms of mental behavior. The purpose of this study is to examine the characteristics of criminal behavior of various elderly mental patients. Methods: From January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2019, the court selected 65 years of age or older from among the criminal psychiatric appraisal cases commissioned by the court. A total of 205 medical records and mental assessments were reviewed retrospectively. All records were prepared through psychiatric interviews, clinical psychological examinations, and other examinations, and the information compiled was viewed in several aspects, including demographic factors, crime characteristics, and psychiatric opinions, at the level of technical analysis. Results: There was a statistically significant difference in the judgment of criminal liability according to the degree of cognitive impairment (p<0.001) in the elderly mentally ill, and a significant difference in criminal behavior depending on the type of mental illness (p<0.001). Conclusion: Not only dementia but also other elderly mental illnesses are related to violent crime. In particular, paranoid symptoms and alcohol abuse in older adults’ mental illness are related to the type of criminal behavior. In an aging society, appropriate therapeutic intervention is needed to prevent criminal behavior of the elderly mentally ill.

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Aged Dementia Cognitive dysfunction Alcoholism Delusional disorder Violence Crime