Table 6.
Symptoms recorded at time of offense with categories present, absent and not mentioned, and legal insanity, n = 191
| Time of offense | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schizophrenia | Other psychotic disordersb | ||||
| Symptoms | Legal insanitya | Legal insanitya | |||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | ||
| P1 Delusions | Present | 33 (89.2) | 4 (10.8) | 23 (60.5) | 15 (39.5) |
| Absent | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | 4 (100) | |
| Not mentioned | 51 (81.0) | 12 (19.0) | 5 (10.2) | 44 (89.2) | |
| P2 Conceptual disorganization | Present | 15 (88.2) | 2 (11.8) | 6 (60.0) | 4 (40.0) |
| Absent | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (20.0) | 4 (80.0) | |
| Not mentioned | 68 (82.9) | 14 (17.1) | 21 (27.6) | 55 (72.4) | |
| P3 Hallucina-tory behavior | Present | 26 (92.9) | 2 (7.1) | 8 (53.3) | 7 (46.7) |
| Absent | 0 | 0 | 1 (12.5) | 7 (87.5) | |
| Not mentioned | 58 (80.6) | 14 (19.4) | 19 (27.9) | 49 (72.1) | |
| Psychotic symptomsc | Present | 61 (92.4) | 5 (7.6) | 15 (48.4) | 16 (21.6) |
| Absent | 1 (11.0) | 8 (89.0) | 0 (0) | 24 (100) | |
| Not mentioned | 22 (88.0) | 3 (12.0) | 13 (36.0) | 23 (64.0) | |
| Impaired functioningc | Present | 44 (93.6) | 3 (6.4) | 14 (56.0) | 11 (44.0) |
| Absent | 0 | 0 | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | |
| Not mentioned | 40 (75.5) | 13 (24.5) | 13 (20.0) | 51 (80.0) | |
aThis refers to the conclusion of legal insanity at the time of the offense committed (in Norwegian legislation “Psychotic” in the legal sense). 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 a defendant’s mental state