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