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

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