Forensic Psychiatry Analysis and Methods for Assessing The Mental Health of A Serial Killer.
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Psychosis is a mental illness that causes an alteration in the notion of reality, where a world of its own is formed in the mind of the psychotic, in other words, he lives in a delirium and suffers hallucinations, hearing voices and having bizarre visions. Objectives: To carry out a literature review on Forensic Psychiatry and how to assess the mental health of a serial killer. Method: The methodology used was a literature review. The research was carried out by means of an electronic search for scientific articles published on the Scielo (Scientific Electronic Library Online) and Lilacs (Latin American Health Sciences Literature) and Pubmed websites. The health terminologies consulted in the Health Sciences descriptors (DeCS/BIREME) were used; regarding Forensic Psychiatry and how to assess the mental health disorder of a serial killer.The inclusion criteria were: original article, published in Portuguese and English, freely accessible, in full, on the subject, in electronic format and published in the last years (2010 to 2024), totaling 26 articles. Results and Discussion: While antisocial personality disorder is a medical diagnosis, the term “psychopathy”, which belongs to the psychiatric-forensic sphere, can be understood as a “legal diagnosis”. There is still no effective treatment for so-called “serial killers”. Conclusion: Personality disorders, especially the antisocial type, still represent a real challenge for forensic psychiatry today. The most appropriate and fair place for its sufferers, as well as homogeneous treatment recommendations, are still unanswered questions.
Authors: Amanda Luiza Batista Cordeiro, Priscilla dos Santos D. Montalvão, Doctor. UniEvangelica, Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Goiânia. Goiás, Brazil., Pedro Dias Bezerra Neto, Pedro Nonato Silveira Costa, Epitácio Martins de Sá Neto, Viviane Ferrari Gomes, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Délio Tiago Martins Malaquias, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Maria Clara Guimarães Costa, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Jenyffer Victoria Cabrera Villca, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Riala Caroline Cheloni Catarino, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Cristiano Bento Alvarenga, Jaqueline de Carvalho Ferreira, Isabela Marini Ferreira, Melissa Vieira de Oliveira, Giovana Casarini Yamashiro, Aline Cristina Couto da Silva, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Daniella Campos Furtado, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Elisa Favareto Prezotto, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Thalita Pinheiro Morel Alineri, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Lívia Santini Bomfim, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Josmar Ramon Krüger Klock, Gabriel Queiroz Sabbag, Doctor. Saint Leopoldo Mandic. Araras, São Paulo, Brazil., Ana Clara Pavaneli R. De Souza, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Luana Mara de Lima, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Rafaela Del Grosso Reis, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Elisitt Escarlet Valencia Cabrera, Academic in Medicine. UNAERP, São Paulo, Brazil., Júlia Sanches Emerenciano, Academic in Medicine. Unimes, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil., Juliana Fontes B. Paschoal, Thiago Augusto Rochetti Bezerra.
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4403007758