Table 4.
The number of cumulative forensic psychiatry evaluations performed in a year based.
| Characteristics |
n (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of psychiatrists with cumulative forensic psychiatric evaluations performed in a year | None at all | <5/year | 1–3/month | 4–5/month | 6–10/month | >10/month |
| Insanity defense in violence case | 31 (12.6) | 133 (54.1) | 69 (28) | 9 (3.7) | 2 (0.8) | 2 (0.8) |
| Insanity defense case | 35 (14.2) | 120 (48.8) | 74 (30.1) | 9 (3.7) | 4 (1.6) | 4 (1.6) |
| Fitness to stand trial case | 57 (23.2) | 126 (51.2) | 56 (22.8) | 6 (2.4) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.4) |
| Malingering & malpractice case | 60 (24.4) | 134 (54.5) | 50 (20.3) | 2 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Fit to work/study case | 19 (7.7) | 106 (43.1) | 75 (30.5) | 16 (6.5) | 15 (6.1) | 15 (6.1) |
| Competence to consent to treatment case | 51 (20.7) | 137 (55.7) | 50 (20.3) | 2 (0.8) | 6 (2.4) | 0 (0) |
| Risk of recidivism case | 57 (23.2) | 124 (50.4) | 53 (21.5) | 8 (3.3) | 3 (1.2) | 1 (0.4) |
| Guardianship/curatelle case | 44 (17.9) | 129 (52.4) | 58 (23.6) | 8 (3.3) | 4 (1.6) | 3 (1.2) |
| Parenting capacity case | 30 (12.2) | 123 (50) | 73 (29.7) | 14 (5.7) | 4 (1.6) | 2 (0.8) |
| Number of psychiatrists who have ever considered referring any forensic evaluation to a forensic psychiatrist | ||||||
| Always | 57 (23.2) | |||||
| Often | 95 (38.6) | |||||
| Rarely | 75 (30.5) | |||||
| Never | 19 (7.7) | |||||