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. 2023 Jul 7;23:487. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-04992-6

Table 5.

Symptoms recorded at time of examination with categories present, absent and not mentioned, and active psychotic state, n = 191

Time of examination
Schizophrenia Other psychotic disordersb
Symptoms Active psychotic statea Active psychotic statea
Yes No Yes No
P1 Delusions Present 60 (88.2) 8 (11.8) 19 (61.3) 12 (38.7)
Absent 4 (21.1) 15 (78.9) 2 (3.8) 51 (96.2)
Not mentioned 10 (76.9) 3 (23.1) 0 (0) 7 (100)
P2 Conceptual disorganization Present 49 (87.5) 7 (12.5) 9 (64.3) 5 (35.7)
Absent 12 (48.0) 13 (52.0) 8 (13.8) 50 (86.2)
Not mentioned 13 (68.4) 6 (31.6) 4 (21.1) 15 (78.9)
P3 Hallucina-tory behavior Present 47 (90.4) 5 (9.6) 8 (80.0) 2 (20.0)
Absent 18 (51.4) 17 (48.6) 12 (16.2) 62 (83.8)
Not mentioned 9 (69.2) 4 (30.8) 1 (14.3) 6 (85.7)
Psychotic symptomsc Present 55 (88.7) 7 (11.3) 14 (66.7) 7 (33.3)
Absent 1 (6.7) 14 (93.3) 0 (0) 44 (100)
Not mentioned 18 (78.3) 5 (21.7) 7 (26.9) 19 (73.1)
Impaired functioningc Present 44 (84.6) 8 (15.4) 7 (29.2) 17 (70.8)
Absent 0 (0) 1 (100) 0 (0) 5 (100)
Not mentioned 30 (63.8) 17 (36.2) 14 (22.6) 48 (77.4)

aThis refers to the conclusion of whether the defendant had an active psychotic state of illness (equivalent to legal insanity) at the time of the mental examination (MSE). bAll other diagnoses from F2 and F3-chapters, including SIPD, see Table 1. cThese are general terms used by the forensic experts in their description of the defendants’ mental state